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| Judge rejects 'mummy' complaint | Judge rejects 'mummy' complaint |
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| An Australian court has rejected a the mother's request to ban the use of the term "mummy D" to refer to her daughter's step-mother. | |
| The woman separated from the father before their daughter turned one, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. | The woman separated from the father before their daughter turned one, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. |
| She had told the Family Court that encouraging the daughter to use the term was "an incendiary action". | She had told the Family Court that encouraging the daughter to use the term was "an incendiary action". |
| But the judge said it was impractical to stop the father from encouraging the child and step-mother to use the term. | But the judge said it was impractical to stop the father from encouraging the child and step-mother to use the term. |
| The father had already agreed to use the initial of the step-mother, D, and not encourage the use of mum or mummy, the newspaper reported. | The father had already agreed to use the initial of the step-mother, D, and not encourage the use of mum or mummy, the newspaper reported. |
| Justice Christine Dawe said that the use of the expression by the stepmother "would [not] undermine the mother's relationship with the child". | Justice Christine Dawe said that the use of the expression by the stepmother "would [not] undermine the mother's relationship with the child". |
| She also said that the child may possibly "adapt to calling each of her step-parents by their first names rather than using expressions of either 'mummy' or 'daddy'.'' | She also said that the child may possibly "adapt to calling each of her step-parents by their first names rather than using expressions of either 'mummy' or 'daddy'.'' |
| The judge said that details of names used are usually agreed outside the court, but ''in this case, it has not been possible''. | The judge said that details of names used are usually agreed outside the court, but ''in this case, it has not been possible''. |
| A family law expert from the University of Sydney said it was the first such case he had heard of. | A family law expert from the University of Sydney said it was the first such case he had heard of. |