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Recovery of maintenance arrears: HC orders creating a charge on immovable property of husband

High Court of Karnataka orders creation of charge on properties for maintenance arrears, increases monthly maintenance for wife and disabled son.

The Hindu

How discredited 'parental alienation syndrome' is being used to cover up abuse

Thousands of children in New Zealand will go to bed tonight in the court-ordered care of violent fathers because a judge accepted a diagnosis of a non-existent disorder

Newsroom.co.nz

Court grapples with Newsroom's banned story

Crown lawyers face strong questioning from judges as Newsroom tries to overturn a ban on a video investigation into Oranga Tamariki.

Newsroom.co.nz

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Family Court is an unsafe space for victims of family violence

That victims of family violence should need an independent guide for support information is evidence of systemic failures of our court system, write Carrie Leonetti and Deborah Mackenzie

Newsroom.co.nz

Wife calling husband ‘dark-skinned’ amounts to cruelty, says Karnataka HC granting divorce to couple

Karnataka HC grants divorce to man after wife insulted him for being 'dark-skinned', noting it constitutes cruelty. Evidence shows wife moved away from husband without cause and made false allegations of illicit relationships. HC said calling him dark amounted to cruelty and set aside family court order.

The Hindu

Until women’s lives matter

If the Auckland gunman's violence towards his partner had been taken as seriously as if it had been against a stranger, last week's victims would likely have gone home safely to their families. Carrie Leonetti asks why we treat 'domestics' differently.

Newsroom.co.nz

The Family Court’s motherhood problem

That judges and lawyers feel comfortable interfering in breastfeeding is emblematic of a larger cultural problem, writes Carrie Leonetti.

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‘Monster’ parents who brutally murdered ‘perfect’ baby son jailed for life

Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden ‘worked together’ to murder their son surrounded by filth and cannabis, a court heard.

The Independent UK

House of horrors where evil parents murdered 'cuddly' baby after plot to clean up home

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden were convicted of the murder of little Finley Boden last month in one of the 'most harrowing' cases police have ever seen

Daily Mirror

Pictures of tidy home show how killer parents won back son

Shannon Marsden and Stephen Boden convinced authorities they could care for their son before he died in squalor.

The Independent UK

Secret court manuals shroud justice in secrecy

Bench books are publicly-funded manuals that help judges make decisions. Amid criticism of our Family Court using outdated and discredited theories, Carrie Leonetti asks why they're not publicly-available.

Newsroom.co.nz

The Whitlam government gave us no-fault divorce, women's refuges and childcare. Australia needs another feminist revolution

Australia’s history of women and political rights is, to put it mildly, chequered. It enfranchised (white) women very early, in 1902. And it was the first country to give them the vote combined with the right to stand for parliament.

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