By Robert Glade-Wright -
Key decisions
- Dautry & Wemple [2018] FamCAFC 237
- James & Snipper and Anor [2018] FamCAFC 235
- Gadzen & Simkin [2018] FamCAFC 218
- Ardagh (No. 2) [2018] FamCAFC 160
CHILDREN
Court erred by staying mother’s contravention application pending her compliance with previous costs order
In Dautry & Wemple [2018] FamCAFC 237 (3 December 2018) Austin J (sitting in the appellate jurisdiction of the Family Court of Australia) heard the mother’s appeal against the Federal Circuit Court’s dismissal of her application to vary a parenting order and an order staying her contravention application against the father until she paid $6,500 payable under a costs order made following her failed appeal against the parenting order.