Family Law Blog

When there are accusations of violence by a parent towards a child in parenting disputes, the Court is often torn between making Orders to completely prevent contact and putting the child in a position where there is risk. The popular option is to make an Order for supervised time.

Even if parents go through the lengthy and expensive process of obtaining Orders in relation to their children, it is a sad reality that one, or both, won’t comply with them. Although attending Court should always be viewed as the last resort, often a parent may need to bring a Contravention Application before the Court. As it sounds, a Contravention Application is an application to the Court indicating that the other party isn’t complying with an Order, and seeks Orders to address it.

There are a lot of misconceptions about what parents are “entitled” to when it comes to custody arrangements for children. Some have the approach that the father should spend time with the child every alternate weekend and some have the perspective that it should be 50/50.