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Background In the recent case of Sigley & SIgley [2018] FamCA 3 (10 January 2018), the Family Court of Australia held that Australian parents who had entered into a commercial surrogacy agreement in the USA, could register the American Court Order which gave them parenting rights over […]

Background In the recent case of Jasper & Corrigan (No. 2) [2017] FCCA 1467 (23 June 2017) Judge Altobelli was asked to determine the admissibility of conversations secretly recorded by the mother without the knowledge of the father. The substantive issue before the Court in this matter […]

Background In the case of Underwood & Underwood (2017) FLC 93-815, the wife sought leave to appeal against the order made by the primary judge granting an interim injunction enjoining her from continuing to seek any orders in proceedings commenced by her in the United States of […]

Background In the case of Shelbourne & Shelbourne [2017] FamCA 761, the Father had recorded several videos of the Mother committing acts of family violence using his mobile phone. At first instance, his solicitors were successful in tendering the video recordings. This finding was made notwithstanding that […]

In the recent case of Whooten & Frost (Deceased) [2017] FamCA 975 (29 November 2017) , Justice Cronin explored the power of the Family Court to make orders following the death of a party to proceedings. The Wife (Wooten) and the Husband (Frost) had married in 2003 […]

Background In the recent case of Okien & Nhan [2017] FamCA 707 (8 September 2017) a property case began late in 2016 was marked by non-disclosure by the husband where much of the asset pool was overseas. The wife filed an urgent application on 15 August 2017 […]

Background In the recent case of Anson & Meek [2017] FamCAFC 257 (7 December 2017) the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia (Murphy, Aldridge & Cleary JJ) heard the husband’s appeal against Judge Hughes’s property order in a case between a childless couple who were […]

Background In the recent case of Wendland [2017] FamCAFC 244 (21 November 2017) the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia (Ainslie-Wallace, Ryan & Aldridge JJ) heard the father’s appeal against Judge Vasta’s order that permitted the mother (who had worked for the Australian Defence Force […]

Background In the recent case of Kelton & Brady and Anor [2017] FamCAFC 186 (7 September 2017) FamCAFC 186 (7 September 2017) Murphy J (sitting in the appellate jurisdiction of the Family Court) heard the husband’s appeal of an order of Judge Cassidy that set aside a […]

Background In the recent case of Ralton [2017] FamCAFC 182 (7 September 2017), the Full Court of the Family Court (Bryant CJ, Strickland & Aldridge JJ) heard the mother’s appeal against Judge Riethmuller’s order that 10-year-old, “B”, and 8-year-old, ‘C’, children, live with their father, notwithstanding that […]