A family court judge has described the approach taken by a reporter for the Children and Family Court Advisory Service (CAFCASS) as ‘entirely inappropriate’ after she ‘unilaterally chose to depart from the clear court direction’ in her welfare assessment.
In A Father v…
Listen to article • 0:00 min Prosecutors on Thursday withdrew all charges against a Philadelphia Family Court judge accused of assaulting his wife and daughter earlier this year, saying that the women did not wish to proceed with the case and that the judge…
Fayette County, WV (WOAY) A man is facing charges after West Virginia State Police say he repeatedly drove near the home of a Fayette County Family Court judge and made concerning statements during an investigation.
According to a criminal complaint, Trooper T.D.…
The Telangana High Court has set aside an interim custody order passed by a Family Court after finding that it was based on observations purportedly made during a personal interaction with the minor child, even though no such interaction had actually taken place. [2026…
The Court of Appeal has criticised a family court judge’s ‘unwise course’ in delivering an oral judgment in a fact-finding case in which a written judgment should have been given ‘because of the nature and complexity of the issues’.
In B and G (Fact-Finding),…
A same-sex couple living in the United States have been forced to adopt their own surrogate-born child to allow them to bring him to New Zealand. The two men are recognised as the boy's legal parents in the US and both their names are…
The Delhi High Court has held that a man cannot willfully continue to disobey the order passed by the Family Court and refuse to pay maintenance to the wife and the child on the ground that he is trying to settle…
That law recognises the woman who gave birth to the boy and her partner, if she has one, as the legal parents. This is the case even though the boy was conceived using a donated ovum from another woman, meaning the woman who…
District Court Judge La-Verne King has been appointed New Zealand’s next Principal Family Court Judge, becoming the head of the country’s Family Court from November. Attorney-General Chris Bishop announced the appointment on Friday, confirming Judge King will take over following the retirement of Jackie…
District Court Judge of Whangarei, Judge La-Verne King, has been appointed as the new Principal Family Court Judge.
Judge King (pictured) was admitted to the Bar in 1989. In 1994, along with (now) Principal Youth Court Judge Ida Malosi and (now) Judge Ali’imuamua Sandra Alofivae,…