Senator Anne C. Cools (Liberal) of Canada, at a Calgary Workshop on Family Conflict, presented an analysis of the doctrine “In the best interest of the child.”  She had found that the first time the term had been mentioned in any legislation was in a 19th Century ruling, in a hearing by the Lord Chancellor in ...

In the middle ages in Europe and in modern times in many traditional societies in Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, and Africa today, when a husband marries a woman, the woman is obligated to bring a large dowry ( consisting of such things as large sums of money, farm animals, furniture, and electronics) and all her wealth ...

Mr Chief Justice of the Family Court! How come that a convicted killer like Simon Gittany, who had thrown his fiance off the balcony of their Sydney apartment, gets two days a week visitation rights with his current girlfriend*, yet I had not been allowed to see or even talk to my children for 8 months, then ...

The family court is different to the criminal court. In the criminal court, the premise at least is, that you are innocent until you prove yourself guilty. That is, the onus is on the state to prove that you are guilty. In family court on the other hand, you are viewed right from the outset ...