AN AMERICAN lesbian who took the biological child of her former partner to Australia has sparked a ground-breaking custody battle over their eight-year-old daughter in the Florida Supreme Court…

A court order requiring a Sydney mother and Mount Isa father to share parenting of their seven-year-old might have been in the child’s best interests, but it just wasn’t feasible, the High Court has ruled. ..

A GRANDMOTHER is fighting for the care of her two grandchildren after the Department of Child Safety told her she is too old at 68 to look after them. ..

Three reports evaluating aspects of Australia’s family law system have been released by the Attorney-General, Robert McClelland. ..

The most comprehensive evaluation of Australia’s family law system – drawing on the experience of 28,000 Australians – has found that overall the recent reforms are working well for the majority of children and their parents. ..

Mr B said he was accused in court of being “a bad husband, a bad father” and he believes that were it not for the Howard government’s shared parenting laws, which require the Family Court to presume that a child’s best interests are served by having a “meaningful” relationship with both parents after separation, he would not have been given any responsibility for his son, let alone equal time…

A MAN who discovered in a custody hearing he was not his son’s biological father has made legal history…