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Little & Thornton (No 2)

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AGLC: Little & Thornton (No 2) [2021] FedCFamC2F 434
Case: [2021] FedCFamC2F 434
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Little & Thornton (No 2) [2021] FedCFamC2F 434

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Thornton & Little [2022] FedCFamC1A 49

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Thornton & Little [2022] FedCFamC1A 49
Citation 1

…IRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (DIVISION 1) APPELLATE JURISDICTION Thornton & Little [2022] FedCFamC1A 49 Appeal from: Little & Thornton (No 2) [2021] FedCFamC2F 434 Appeal number(s): NAA 70 of 2021 NAA 6 of 2022 File number(s): MLC 6705 of 2019 Judgment of: ALDRIDGE J Date of judgment: 8 April 2022 Catchwords: FA…

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Blann & Kenny [2021] FamCAFC 161
Citation 1 (Para 7)

…ld . (Emphasis added) These principles were recently applied in Keane & Keane (2021) 62 Fam LR 190 at [54]-[64]; see also Blann & Kenny [2021] FamCAFC 161.…
Little & Thornton [2021] FCCA 1946
Citation 2 (Para 2)

…Much of the background and procedural history of this matter may be gleaned from Little & Thornton [2021] FCCA 1946 where interim orders were made on 20 August 2021 providing for a resumption of the child’s spend time with her father and allowing progression of overnight time arrangements with X and the applicant f…
Bonnor & Loverdos [2021] FamCAFC 93
Citation 3 (Para 27)

…& Barker , (2007) FLC ¶93-345, [54]-[63]. However, the formulaic approach that had hitherto been adopted is no longer appropriate: Bonnor & Loverdos [2021] FamCAFC 93, [61].…
BEATON & BEATON [2020] FCCA 2048
Citation 4

…Franklyn & Franklyn [2019] FamCAFC 256 G & C [2006] FamCA 994 Godfrey v Sanders (2007) 208 FLR 287 Goode & Goode (2006) 36 Fam LR 422 Gorman & Huffman [2016] FamCAFC 174 Little & Thornton [2021] FCCA 1946 Gronow v Gronow (1979) 144 CLR 513 Heath v Hemming (No 2) [2011] FamCA 749 Hepburn & Noble (2010) FLC ¶93-438 In…
Gouzali and Carpel [2020] FamCA 48
Citation 5 (Para 19)

…In U & U (2002) 211 CLR 238, [80], Gummow and Callinan JJ, while accepting that the court was required to give careful consideration to the arrangements proposed by the parties, questioned whether, in every case, the court was obliged, or would be able in every case to give discrete consideration to each of the three…
Franklyn & Franklyn [2019] FamCAFC 256
Citation 6 (Para 9)

…child remain the paramount, but not sole, consideration: Act, s 60CA; Morgan & Miles (2007) FLC ¶93-343, [59], [73], [79]-[80]; Franklyn & Franklyn [2019] FamCAFC 256, [28]. At the same time, neither party may arrogate to themselves any right to insist on what parenting arrangements ought to be made: Cooke & Morton…
Bant & Clayton [2019] FamCAFC 198
Citation 7

…ocation Approach) (2000) FLC ¶93-035 AMS v AIF (1999) 199 CLR 160 Bant & Clayton [2019] FamCAFC 198 Barnett v Barnett (1973) 2 NSWLR 403 Bell & Nahos [2016] FamCAFC 244 Blann & Kenny [2021] FamCAFC 161 KB & TC (2005) FLC ¶93-224 Bondelmonte v Bondelmonte (2017) 259 CLR 662 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Co…
Warnett & Amerson [2019] FamCA 499
Citation 8

…ker (2007) FLC ¶93-345 U & U (2002) 211 CLR 238 Warnett & Amerson [2019] FamCA 499 Wilson & Wilson [2019] FCCA 2131 Division: Division 2 Family Law Number of paragraphs: 476 Date of last submission/s: 19 November 2021 Date of hearing: 8, 9, 10 November 2021 Place: Melbourne Counsel for the applicant: Mr S. Lethlean…
Wilburn & Wilburn [2019] FCCA 2131
Citation 9 (Para 26)

…cluding a party’s right to freedom of movement; f)ultimately, the decision turns on the best interests of the child. See also Wilson & Wilson [2019] FCCA 2131, [83]-[86] (McNab J).…
FERREIRA & FERREIRA [2018] FamCA 99
Citation 10

…& Keane (2021) 62 Fam LR 190 Kuglioski v Metrobus (2004) 220 CLR 363 M & M (1988) 166 CLR 69 Malec v Hutton (1990) 169 CLR 638 Mazorski & Albright (2007) Fam LR 520 McCall & Clark (2009) FLC ¶93-405 Mellick & Mellick [2014] FamCAFC 236 Moon & Moon [2011] FamCAFC 116 Morgan & Miles (2007) FLC ¶93-343 MRR v GR (2010)…
Cooke & Morton [2018] FamCAFC 9
Citation 11 (Para 9)

…[28]. At the same time, neither party may arrogate to themselves any right to insist on what parenting arrangements ought to be made: Cooke & Morton [2018] FamCAFC 9, [39]. There, Ryan, Kent and Cleary JJ stated at [41] that “ it is the child’s best interests that lie at the centre of parenting proceedings, rather…
Bondelmonte v Bondelmonte [2017] HCA 8
Citation 12 (Para 7)

…etion conferred on a court by s 65D of the Act to make such parenting orders as it thinks proper is broad. In Bondelmonte v Bondelmonte (2017) 259 CLR 662, [32], the High Court said of s 65D: A parenting order made under s 65D involves the exercise of a judicial discretion because it is made by reference to a paramou…
Bell & Nahos [2016] FamCAFC 244
Citation 13

…t & Clayton [2019] FamCAFC 198 Barnett v Barnett (1973) 2 NSWLR 403 Bell & Nahos [2016] FamCAFC 244 Blann & Kenny [2021] FamCAFC 161 KB & TC (2005) FLC ¶93-224 Bondelmonte v Bondelmonte (2017) 259 CLR 662 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Cooke & Morton [2018] FamCAFC 9 Dundas & Blake [2013] FamCAFC 133 Fitzw…
Tabac & Kelmer [2016] FCCA 1937
Citation 14 (Para 26)

…In Tabac & Kelmer [2016] FCCA 1937, [112] citing Morgan & Miles [2007] FamCA 1230; Paskansky & Paskansky (1999) FLC ¶92-878; KB & TC (2005) FLC ¶93-224, Stewart J stated a number of propositions which accurately state the applicable principles: a)the best interests of the child remain the paramount, but are not the…
Mellick & Mellick [2014] FamCAFC 236
Citation 15

…ght (2007) Fam LR 520 McCall & Clark (2009) FLC ¶93-405 Mellick & Mellick [2014] FamCAFC 236 Moon & Moon [2011] FamCAFC 116 Morgan & Miles (2007) FLC ¶93-343 MRR v GR (2010) 240 CLR 461 Mulvany & Lane (2009) FLC ¶93-404 N and S (Separate Representative) (1996) FLC ¶92-655 Oswald & Karrington (2016) FLC ¶93–726 Overli…
Dundas & Blake [2013] FamCAFC 133
Citation 16

…w v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Cooke & Morton [2018] FamCAFC 9 Dundas & Blake [2013] FamCAFC 133 Fitzwater & Fitzwater (2019) 60 Fam LR 212 Franklyn & Franklyn [2019] FamCAFC 256 G & C [2006] FamCA 994 Godfrey v Sanders (2007) 208 FLR 287 Goode & Goode (2006) 36 Fam LR 422 Gorman & Huffman [2016] FamCAFC 174 Little…
Preston& Kenworth [2013] FamCA 589
Citation 17 (Para 9)

…rised to consider making an order which provides for the child to spend equal (or substantial and significant time) time with each parent: MRR v GR (2010) 240 CLR 461, [13]. In the present case, I have concluded that the parties should not have equal shared parental responsibility and in those circumstances the requi…
Heath & Hemming (No 2) [2011] FamCA 749
Citation 18

…nton [2021] FCCA 1946 Gronow v Gronow (1979) 144 CLR 513 Heath v Hemming (No 2) [2011] FamCA 749 Hepburn & Noble (2010) FLC ¶93-438 In the Marriage of Kress (1976) 2 Fam LR 11,330 In the Marriage of Smythe (1983) 8 Fam LR 1029 Jabour & Jabour (2019) FLC ¶93–898 Johnson v Page (2007) FLC ¶93-344 Keane & Keane (2021)…
Moon and Moon [2011] FamCAFC 116
Citation 19 (Para 25)

…In Moon & Moon [2011] FamCAFC 116, [113], Coleman J sitting as a single Justice on an appeal, noted it had been suggested on a number of occasions (in light of the changes to Pt VII and the High Court’s judgment in MRR v GR ), that reliance upon A & A (Relocation Approach) was “ unhelpful and possibly erroneous ”: ci…
Wattel and Evans [2010] FamCA 411
Citation 20 (Para 9)

…rent/party to the proceedings. ” The court is not obliged to accept either party’s proposal as to the orders which should be made: AMS v AIF (1999) 199 CLR 160, [95], [196], [218], [284]; U & U (2002) 211 CLR 238, [1], [44], [80], [169]-[171].…
Starr & Duggan [2009] FamCAFC 115
Citation 21 (Para 25)

…“ unhelpful and possibly erroneous ”: citing Hepburn & Noble (2010) FLC ¶93-438, [100]; McCall & Clark (2009) FLC ¶93-405;and Starr & Duggan [2009] FamCAFC 115.…
Morgan v Miles [2007] FamCA 1230
Citation 22 (Para 26)

…In Tabac & Kelmer [2016] FCCA 1937, [112] citing Morgan & Miles [2007] FamCA 1230; Paskansky & Paskansky (1999) FLC ¶92-878; KB & TC (2005) FLC ¶93-224, Stewart J stated a number of propositions which accurately state the applicable principles: a)the best interests of the child remain the paramount, but are not the…
G & C [2006] FamCA 994
Citation 23

…r & Fitzwater (2019) 60 Fam LR 212 Franklyn & Franklyn [2019] FamCAFC 256 G & C [2006] FamCA 994 Godfrey v Sanders (2007) 208 FLR 287 Goode & Goode (2006) 36 Fam LR 422 Gorman & Huffman [2016] FamCAFC 174 Little & Thornton [2021] FCCA 1946 Gronow v Gronow (1979) 144 CLR 513 Heath v Hemming (No 2) [2011] FamCA 749 H…
Sneddon v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 170
Citation 24

…Infeld (2021) 357 FLR 391 Paskansky & Paskansky (1999) FLC ¶92-878 Sneddon v Minister for Justice for the Commonwealth of Australia (2014) 315 ALR 352 Starr & Duggan [2009] FamCAFC 115 Tabac & Kelmer [2016] FCCA 1937 Taylor & Barker (2007) FLC ¶93-345 U & U (2002) 211 CLR 238 Warnett & Amerson [2019] FamCA 499 Wilson & Wilson [2019] FCCA 2131 Division: Division 2 Famil…
Kuligowski v MetroBus [2004] HCA 34
Citation 25

…(2007) FLC ¶93-344 Keane & Keane (2021) 62 Fam LR 190 Kuglioski v Metrobus (2004) 220 CLR 363 M & M (1988) 166 CLR 69 Malec v Hutton (1990) 169 CLR 638 Mazorski & Albright (2007) Fam LR 520 McCall & Clark (2009) FLC ¶93-405 Mellick & Mellick [2014] FamCAFC 236 Moon & Moon [2011] FamCAFC 116 Morgan & Miles (2007) FLC…
Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd [1990] HCA 20
Citation 26

…ioski v Metrobus (2004) 220 CLR 363 M & M (1988) 166 CLR 69 Malec v Hutton (1990) 169 CLR 638 Mazorski & Albright (2007) Fam LR 520 McCall & Clark (2009) FLC ¶93-405 Mellick & Mellick [2014] FamCAFC 236 Moon & Moon [2011] FamCAFC 116 Morgan & Miles (2007) FLC ¶93-343 MRR v GR (2010) 240 CLR 461 Mulvany & Lane (2009)…
Gronow v Gronow [1979] HCA 63
Citation 27

…& Huffman [2016] FamCAFC 174 Little & Thornton [2021] FCCA 1946 Gronow v Gronow (1979) 144 CLR 513 Heath v Hemming (No 2) [2011] FamCA 749 Hepburn & Noble (2010) FLC ¶93-438 In the Marriage of Kress (1976) 2 Fam LR 11,330 In the Marriage of Smythe (1983) 8 Fam LR 1029 Jabour & Jabour (2019) FLC ¶93–898 Johnson v Page…
Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 36
Citation 28

…AFC 161 KB & TC (2005) FLC ¶93-224 Bondelmonte v Bondelmonte (2017) 259 CLR 662 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Cooke & Morton [2018] FamCAFC 9 Dundas & Blake [2013] FamCAFC 133 Fitzwater & Fitzwater (2019) 60 Fam LR 212 Franklyn & Franklyn [2019] FamCAFC 256 G & C [2006] FamCA 994 Godfrey v Sanders (2007) 208 FLR 287…
Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34
Citation 29

…LC ¶93-224 Bondelmonte v Bondelmonte (2017) 259 CLR 662 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Cooke & Morton [2018] FamCAFC 9 Dundas & Blake [2013] FamCAFC 133 Fitzwater & Fitzwater (2019) 60 Fam LR 212 Franklyn & Franklyn [2019] FamCAFC 256 G & C [2006] FamCA 994 Godfrey v Sanders (2007) 208 FLR 287 Goode & Goo…

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