Breaking up can be a hateful thing to do

Harriet Alexander As the sun went down on a remote property in NSW, a private investigator peered through the window of a storage shed and spied his target.

'Pole dancer case' threatens prenups

Harriet Alexander Thousands of prenuptial agreements may be ruled invalid man succeeds in nullifying his.

Sex and the disabled

A NSW mother whose intellectually disabled daughter was ''taken advantage of'' on a bus trip home from a leisure camp has told an inquiry she supports sterilisation on a case-by-case basis.

Gotcha tapes disliked by court

Harriet Alexander It could be called gotcha litigation, except that it usually backfires on the party laying the trap.

Sterilisation first option for the disabled

Vince Chadwick Parents of women with intellectual disabilities are going straight for sterilisation procedures rather than 'existing and viable options' to help control menstruation and contraception, a national...

Rush to sterilise mentally disabled horrifies doctor

Vince Chadwick PARENTS of women with intellectual disabilities are going straight for sterilisation procedures rather than ''existing and viable options'' to help control menstruation and contraception, a national...

Huge task facing Royal Commission: McClellan

Harriet Alexander The head of the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has described the task facing the body as "huge" after the six commissioners met for the first time in Sydney on Wednesday.

Sex abuse inquiry facing 'huge' task

Harriet Alexander THE head of the royal commission into child sexual abuse has described the task facing the body as ''huge'' after the six commissioners met for the first time in Sydney on Wednesday.

Homeopathy regime is rejected as judge tells parents to immunise child

Harriet Alexander A JUDGE has ordered a couple to immunise their eight-year-old daughter according to government health guidelines, in a rebuke to the homeopathic regime pursued by the mother.

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Mother of 'Italian sisters' raises fight fund online

Cosima Marriner Mother of the so-called 'Italian sisters' has raised nearly $10,000 through online donations to hire an Italian lawyer to regain custody of her children.

Online donations for Italian sisters

Cosima Marriner THE mother of the ''Italian sisters'' has raised nearly $10,000 from online donations to hire an Italian lawyer to try to regain custody of her children, who are still begging to come back to...

Blue sketch inadmissible as senior judges walk out

Eamonn Duff The Chief Justice of the Family Court, Diana Bryant, has been forced to apologise to some of Australia's most senior judges after they stormed out of a dinner hosted by her which featured a sexually...

Comedy duo award court their costs

Rick Feneley A comedy duo have waived their fee to the Family Court after their risque performance at a conference provoked a walkout by some of the nation's most senior judges.

Custody dispute sisters on flight to Italy

Staff reporters Four sisters at the centre of an international custody battle were dragged kicking and screaming away from their mother last night by Australian Federal Police after a judge ordered them back on a...

Four sisters reunited with father in Italy

Four sisters at the centre of an international custody dispute have been reunited with their father in Italy.

Child recovery specialist: on the hunt

Cosima Marriner He has been labelled a mercenary, but Col Chapman is keeping up the fight for parents of abducted children.

'Please save them': sisters' plea

Kristian Silva Two of the four Queensland sisters in the middle of an international custody dispute have pleaded with the Australian media to "please save them" from their father.

Sisters back in Italy, but not staying with father

Adam Cooper, Kristian Silva FOUR sisters at the centre of an international custody dispute are together in Italy but away from their father's property after two of them tried to escape from his home.

Sisters moved from father's house

Adam Cooper and Kristian Silva Two of the girls at the centre of an international custody dispute attempt to escape from their father's Italian property.

Mother of daughters sent back to Italy 'is afraid to visit them'

Bridie Jabour THE mother of four girls taken kicking and screaming from her side as part of an international custody battle has no immediate plans to fly to Italy to visit them, despite her daughters being ordered...