An article about the controversial Hague Convention case in the Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/queensland/judge-orders-children-to-italy-20120515-1youm.html
An article about the controversial Hague Convention case in the Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/queensland/judge-orders-children-to-italy-20120515-1youm.html
An interesting eye witness report of Michael Kirby’s appearance at the Senate committee on gay marriage. A personal yet legally oriented analysis of the meaning of marriage vis a vis society as a whole, and how that informs his views…
In Bermuda, the preliminary debate in parliament about shared parenting raises some very familiar issues.
The Australian: A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE businessman is challenging a prenuptial agreement in which he agreed to pay his second wife, an ex-strip club dancer. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/millionaire-challenges-32m-prenup-with-ex-dancer/story-e6frg6nf-1226303303730
TWO gay men involved in the famous Baby E custody case have spoken of their devastation at losing contact visits with their son after his lesbian mothers took him overseas. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/gay-dads-baby-pain-after-lesbian-mothers-took-him-overseas/story-fn7x8me2-1226299709650
The Australian: RETROSPECTIVE laws were introduced to parliament yesterday to fix an embarrassing government bungle that cast doubt on all Family Court decisions affecting the financial affairs of de facto couples.
Case note from UK Law Week about In the matter of S (a child). Mother successfully appealed a decision in the UK that her son should be returned to Australia. http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed96452
A good overview by Jacqueline Renton in UK Law Week of decisions in international children’s law, in particular: a) Habitual residence Re H-K (Children) looks at circumstances in which an initially temporary stay in another country can become habitual residence, such…
TWO gay men involved in the famous Baby E custody case have spoken of their devastation at losing contact visits with their son after his lesbian mothers took him overseas. From the Herald Sun
RETROSPECTIVE laws were introduced to parliament yesterday to fix an embarrassing government bungle that cast doubt on all Family Court decisions affecting the financial affairs of de facto couples. From The Australian