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    NSW Family Law - How to Keep Child Safe?

    Hi all, My son is 3 years old and I have grave fears for his future. His father is a very heavy disciplinarian. Screams at him for as little as spilling his drink, "You useless c**t of a kid, how f***ing hard is it! You do it every f***ing night!". In situations where our son has ignored or...
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    NSW Family Court Orders Restricting 14-Year-Old to Live with Me?

    Hi. My 14.5 years old son is fear of going back to his mother's house, as his older brother was verbally and physically bullying him, and his mother is turning a blind eye on it. Background: There are consent orders for the kids (twins) to stay 4 nights at my place every 2 weeks, and to live...
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    NSW Concerns About Bridge Housing

    I am an owner /occupier in an inner Sydney suburb where our rents and property values would be considered to be expensive. In the last couple of years a couple of owners/investors have entered into tenancy agreements with Bridge Housing - one of many accommodation agencies being used by FACS to...
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    VIC Other Parent Refusing Drug Test - What to Do?

    I have final orders. I have asked the other parent to take a drug test and he refused, so I asked for a visitation centre again. He made no effort to do so, even though I arranged an intake. This started when police had to evict and remove this person from the place they lived. Drugs are...
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    NSW Non-custodial Parent Seeing Children Outside of Family Court Orders?

    What is the general position regarding a non-custodial parent spending time not specified in the family court orders with their children? Background: The Family Court ordered that I have sole parental responsibility for my son, aged 12, and daughter almost 9, and that they live with me...
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    ACT Wrongly Listed on the FACS Database?

    I have been informed I am listed on the KiDS database as a Person Associated with Causing Risk (PACR) NSW database. I have received information from Family and Community Services (FaCS), NSW which doesn't outline when this was placed on there. Information from FaCS has listed the wrong child...
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    NSW FACS Advised to Remove Child from Father's Care?

    Hi all, I just need some help. What I want to find out is what the process is and what the changes are of getting some parenting orders changed. I'll give you a quick run down of the situation. Wife has orders for my stepson that is almost 11 years old. The child sees his farther 4 days out of...
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    NSW Paying for Ex's Visitation Rights - What to Do Now?

    What is the best type of evidence to provide to the magistrate that there is a unacceptable risk to my child? I was under the impression that evidence through psychological reports, doctors and FACS and police would be enough factual evidence. However, the magistrate ordered my child to have...
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    NSW Chances of Being Granted Full Custody of Children and Relocation?

    I apologise in advance for the length of my story. My partner and I have been together for approximately 6 years now and have 2 of our own children. We took on care of his 3 children from his previous marriage at the beginning of this year. My partner and his ex are still not divorced and there...
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    Custody of Children - Any Chance a Father Can Get It?

    Hello, Is there any chance that a court will give me full custody of children for my 6 year old daughter after her mother has refused to let me have contact for many years? I understand that this would be very dramatic and confusing for my daughter in the short term, but the long term it would...