Tag: Court consideration

PARENTING – Schooling – Where the parents seek that their children attend different schools The relevant authorities set out some of the applicable principles as follows: Schooling disputes are not resolved by the application of a “blanket presumption” or preference for the views held by the residential parent. The Court is required to apply the objects and principles of Part VII of the Family Law Act and to consider the statutory criteria in forming conclusions about the child’s best interests. Section...

[caption id="attachment_11851" align="alignright" width="300"] Family Court jurisdiction support the child being vaccinated[/caption] Children Family Court Jurisdiction: In a recent decision in the Family Court found that it was very regrettably that the mother did not support the child being vaccinated.  The Court considered that her opposition to the child being vaccinated, as the child’s principal carer, would likely complicate the process and make it much more difficult for the child. The Court considered that in these circumstances it would be...