Blog | Children
Step-parent awarded interim custody over biological parent on appeal
Step-Parent Parenting Orders When a court is determining the best interests of a child, the two primary considerations a Court considers are the child’s right to have a meaningful relationship with both parents, balanced against the child’s right to be...
When is supervised time ordered? Is Narcissistic Abuse enough?
Many of our clients have suffered from coercive control and narcissistic abuse. We are commonly asked how narcissistic abuse affects child custody. If you are divorcing a narcissist, your fight for child custody will be the most difficult battle of your life. A...
Application to change parenting orders because of children’s changed views dismissed
An Application to change a parenting order is an uphill battle, which will not lightly be entertained by a Court as to do so would invite endless litigation. When will a court change a parenting order? For a court to reverse an earlier parenting order, it must be...
Interim Parenting Orders
Why can’t the judge make the orders I want at the first court date? When a parenting dispute is before the family law court, until a trial, a judge is not permitted to make findings of fact in relation to the issues in dispute between the parties. At a trial,...
Unilateral relocation of children
You are required to obtain the consent of the other parent if a relocation of children is on the cards and you intend to relocate to a location which would make regular, meaningful time between the children and the other parent substantially more difficult. There is...
