{"id":3474,"date":"2021-03-09T03:52:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T03:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanickilawyers.com.au\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2021-03-09T03:52:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T03:52:27","slug":"family-law-services-representation-in-contested-court-proceedings-including-where-high-conflict-risk-of-harm-or-serious-parental-incapacity-are-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanickilawyers.com.au\/family-law-services-representation-in-contested-court-proceedings-including-where-high-conflict-risk-of-harm-or-serious-parental-incapacity-are-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Family law services &#8211; Representation in contested Court proceedings including where high conflict, risk of harm or serious parental incapacity are involved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is inevitable that some parents will not be able to\nresolve their parenting disputes by consent, and instead Court proceedings will\nbe necessary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Circumstances where a Court application may be necessary\ninclude:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Allegations of risk or harm to a child or parent\nposed by the other parent \u2013 such as risks of family violence, risk of\npsychological harm or emotional harm;<\/li><li>Where it is alleged that a parent or child\nsuffers from poor mental health or psychiatric injury that prevents them properly\ncaring for a child;<\/li><li>Where it is alleged there is a history of family\nviolence against a parent or child, or to which children have been exposed;<\/li><li>Where it is alleged that a parent has a history\nof drug or alcohol abuse;<\/li><li>Allegations of serious parental incapacity, including\na lack of basic parenting skills; and\/or<\/li><li>Where there has been a period of no contact\nbetween a parent and child and the parent-child relationship needs to be re-built.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The family law system in Australia is well equipped to deal\nwith these kinds of issues in the children\u2019s best interests, in particular \u2013\nwhere possible \u2013 to balance out the competing priorities of ensuring children\nhave the benefit of a meaningful relationship with <em>both <\/em>parents, but at\nthe same time ensuring that the children are protected from harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Sanicki Lawyers, we can assist you to navigate the Family\nLaw Court system \u2013 from taking your&nbsp;\ninitial instructions and giving you initial advice, to commencing (or\ndefending) Court proceedings including interim applications (such as Recovery Applications\nor Airport Watch List Applications) &#8211; all the way to Final Hearings before a\nJudge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a very complex family law parenting matter that\ninvolves any of the above issues, please don\u2019t hesitate to email Stephanie\nHope, Senior Associate and Head of Family Law at Sanicki Lawyers at <a href=\"mailto:stephanie@sanickilawyers.com.au\">stephanie@sanickilawyers.com.au<\/a>\nor on 03 9510 9888 today to arrange a confidential advice session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is inevitable that some parents will not be able to resolve their parenting disputes by consent, and instead Court proceedings will be necessary. Circumstances where a Court application may be necessary include: Allegations of risk or harm to a child or parent posed by the other parent \u2013 such as risks of family violence, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sanickilawyers.com.au\/family-law-services-representation-in-contested-court-proceedings-including-where-high-conflict-risk-of-harm-or-serious-parental-incapacity-are-involved\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[145,146,156,147,154,151,152,155,150,149,148,153],"class_list":{"0":"post-3474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-best-interests-of-child","9":"tag-best-interests-of-children","10":"tag-change-family-law-orders","11":"tag-family-law-litigation","12":"tag-final-orders","13":"tag-paramount-consideration","14":"tag-paramountcy-principle","15":"tag-recent-family-law-cases","16":"tag-rice-asplund","17":"tag-rice-and-asplund","18":"tag-significant-change-in-cirucumstance","19":"tag-vary-parenting-orders","20":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Family law services - Representation in contested Court proceedings including where high conflict, risk of harm or serious parental incapacity are involved - Sanicki Lawyers Melbourne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family law services - Representation in contested Court proceedings including where high conflict, risk of harm or serious parental incapacity are involved - Sanicki Lawyers Melbourne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is inevitable that some parents will not be able to resolve their parenting disputes by consent, and instead Court proceedings will be necessary. 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