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The Latest Breaking News from Family Court

No Judicial Immunity for Judge's "Field Trip" to Lead Search of Litigant's House

From Judge Frank Volk's decision yesterday in Gibson v. Goldston (S.D. W. Va.), which is now on appeal (for more, see In re Goldston (W. Va. 2021)): On September 18, 2018, Mr. Gibson appeared before Family Court Judge Louise Goldston in his divorce action. Judge Goldston granted the parties' divorce…

Reason

'Quite irreparable damage': child family violence survivors on how court silenced and retraumatised them

Nobody spoke to Donna* or her sister in the lead up to the family court decision that ordered the children to spend time alone with their father, who was violent. Donna was eight.

The Conversation

Disability advocates concerned over rise in guardianship applications

Personal and property rights applications are close to double what they were 10 years ago with experts cautioning a rise in abuse, costs and quality of life for those forced through the court

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‘The child has a right to get the love and affection of both parents,’ says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court was hearing an appeal from Rajasthan where the Family Court had rejected the father’s plea for interim custody of his minor son in July 2021.

The Hindu

Family Court defends processes, protection orders

Principal Family Court Judge Jacquelyn Moran responds to an article by Associate Professor Carrie Leonetti on the Family Court's approach to some cases before it

Newsroom.co.nz

Sperm donor with incurable condition fathered 15 kids without telling mums of genetic disability

James MacDougall advertised himself on a social media page for lesbian women looking for sperm donors - without informing mums he has Fragile X syndrome.

Daily Record

Debi Marshall was warned against investigating the Family Court murders. Years later, she's still chasing answers

The Family Court bombings of 1980s Sydney hit at the heart of our judicial system and left three dead and dozens wounded. It was not a story I could ignore, writes Debi Marshall.

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State sent uplift kids to where 'sex harm' man lives

Exclusive: Inquiries are underway after young children at the centre of a pivotal 'reverse uplift' case by Oranga Tamariki ended up being sent to live at a property where a man with sexual beha

Newsroom.co.nz

How a broken system for protection orders fails victims of domestic violence

The Family Court still fails to recognise the risk of non-physical forms of violence and often insists perpetrators are notified before granting protection, says Carrie Leonetti

Newsroom.co.nz

New postings for 55 judicial officers

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OT agrees to Family Court review

The children's ministry will act on an Ombudsman's report into a controversial 'reverse uplift'. Listen to an audio report by Melanie Reid on the damning inquiry by the watchdog

Newsroom.co.nz

Breaking Bad Practice

Oranga Tamariki is being called to account yet again after a new, damning report from the chief Ombudsman over a case first revealed by Newsroom of a 'reverse uplift'

Newsroom.co.nz

Property company boss jailed after failing to grant wife a Jewish divorce

In a 'landmark case', Alan Moher was convicted of engaging in coercive or controlling behaviour

Manchester Evening News

Property firm owner jailed after failing to grant wife Jewish religious divorce

Alan Moher did not give his former wife Caroline a ‘Get’ – a document that formally recognises the end of marriage in the Orthodox Jewish faith.

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The Hindu

Child welfare council lacks statutory recognition, says family court

Court gives one month for Council to apply and obtain recognition

Newsroom.co.nz

How the Family Court rewards abusive behaviour rather than recognising it

Carrie Leonetti explains how the parents who seek child arrest warrants are often perpetrators of abuse and use them to continue to entrap, control, and harm their victims.

Manchester Evening News

Businessman who failed to grant his wife a Jewish divorce convicted of coercive or controlling behaviour in 'landmark case'

Alan Moher, from Salford, was warned he could face jail

Newsroom.co.nz

The Family Court's shocking practice of arresting children

Arrest warrants are not about the welfare of the child, but about the power of the court, argues Carrie Leonetti

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