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Padgett [2025] FedCFamC1A 140

02/09/2025

Padgett [2025] FedCFamC1A 140 involved proceedings in both the Magistrates Court of Western Australia and the Family Court of Western Australia where a ‘Harmful Proceedings’ Order had been made against the Applicant, Ms Padgett. Prior to May 2024 this was quite commonly referred to as the litigant having been declared a vexatious litigant and was generally the result of a litigant having filed multiple proceedings which were, quite often, doomed from the outset.

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Zyma & Begum (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC1A 109

16/08/2025

There are times when the Court makes Orders that are not in fact enforceable. That was the situation in Zyma & Begum (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC1A 109, an appeal before Justice Christie from Division 2 Parenting Orders made on 20 January 2025, in Begum & Zyma [2025] FedCFamC2F 5. Those proceedings involved a child who was five years old at the time of the hearing in late 2024, albeit those proceedings had commenced in 2023.

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Amiti & Vata [2025] FedCFamC2F 476

16/08/2025

The Division 2 case of Amiti & Vata [2025] FedCFamC2F 476 involved two children aged approximately 10 and six by the time of the proceedings in early 2025. The parties had, in fact, been separated since 2020, with ad hoc arrangements since that time. Those arrangements only provided for one afternoon and one overnight per week. Those arrangements were likely to have been entirely suitable at separation when the children were very young but the mother appeared resistant to any change.

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Demir & Ozden – No Contact Orders Made After 11 Years of Silence

10/04/2025

This matter involved a female child, X, who was 13 years of age at the time of the hearing in November 2024. X lived in Melbourne with her father and stepmother whilst the mother lived in Queensland. At trial the mother was self-represented and initially sought primary residence but amended that to a shared care arrangement, notwithstanding the residences of the parents.

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Yuan & Song – No Confidence in Either Parent but Status Quo Holds

06/04/2025

This was the final hearing of a matter with a long history before the Court and, as such, was Judgment number six. It involved a female child, X, who was 14 years old at the time of the hearing in November 2024 and living in Queensland with her father. The Orders provided for X to live with the father and spend very, very limited time with the mother who resided in Melbourne.

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Bentley & Deleo – When Mum Can’t Support a Relationship with Dad

03/04/2025

If you have followed the social science research publications and related case law over the years you will be familiar with the concept of young children, especially those not yet of school age, not spending a lot of overnight time away from their primary carer – usually their mother. This can be even more so the case when the parents had never lived together or separated when the child was very young. The result of this can be a long road to establishing a bond between the child and the other parent who has not been the primary carer, but what happens when even over time the primary carer cannot facilitate a meaningful relationship with the other parent.

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Padgett [2025] FedCFamC1A 140

02/09/2025

Padgett [2025] FedCFamC1A 140 involved proceedings in both the Magistrates Court of Western Australia and the Family Court of Western Australia where a ‘Harmful Proceedings’ Order had been made against the Applicant, Ms Padgett. Prior to May 2024 this was quite commonly referred to as the litigant having been declared a vexatious litigant and was generally the result of a litigant having filed multiple proceedings which were, quite often, doomed from the outset.

| Read More

Zyma & Begum (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC1A 109

16/08/2025

There are times when the Court makes Orders that are not in fact enforceable. That was the situation in Zyma & Begum (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC1A 109, an appeal before Justice Christie from Division 2 Parenting Orders made on 20 January 2025, in Begum & Zyma [2025] FedCFamC2F 5. Those proceedings involved a child who was five years old at the time of the hearing in late 2024, albeit those proceedings had commenced in 2023.

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Amiti & Vata [2025] FedCFamC2F 476

16/08/2025

The Division 2 case of Amiti & Vata [2025] FedCFamC2F 476 involved two children aged approximately 10 and six by the time of the proceedings in early 2025. The parties had, in fact, been separated since 2020, with ad hoc arrangements since that time. Those arrangements only provided for one afternoon and one overnight per week. Those arrangements were likely to have been entirely suitable at separation when the children were very young but the mother appeared resistant to any change.

| Read More

Demir & Ozden – No Contact Orders Made After 11 Years of Silence

10/04/2025

This matter involved a female child, X, who was 13 years of age at the time of the hearing in November 2024. X lived in Melbourne with her father and stepmother whilst the mother lived in Queensland. At trial the mother was self-represented and initially sought primary residence but amended that to a shared care arrangement, notwithstanding the residences of the parents.

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Yuan & Song – No Confidence in Either Parent but Status Quo Holds

06/04/2025

This was the final hearing of a matter with a long history before the Court and, as such, was Judgment number six. It involved a female child, X, who was 14 years old at the time of the hearing in November 2024 and living in Queensland with her father. The Orders provided for X to live with the father and spend very, very limited time with the mother who resided in Melbourne.

| Read More

Bentley & Deleo – When Mum Can’t Support a Relationship with Dad

03/04/2025

If you have followed the social science research publications and related case law over the years you will be familiar with the concept of young children, especially those not yet of school age, not spending a lot of overnight time away from their primary carer – usually their mother. This can be even more so the case when the parents had never lived together or separated when the child was very young. The result of this can be a long road to establishing a bond between the child and the other parent who has not been the primary carer, but what happens when even over time the primary carer cannot facilitate a meaningful relationship with the other parent.

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