Acuna and Najar (No.3)

In *Acuna and Najar (No.3)*, Judge Spelleken considered parenting orders concerning two children, X (born 2010) and Y (born 2012). The proceedings involved disputes between the mother, Ms Acuna, and the father, Mr Najar, regarding the children's care, welfare, and development.

The court was required to determine the appropriate parenting arrangements for the children, including issues of parental responsibility, living arrangements, and the extent of contact the father would have with the children. Additionally, the court considered the need for injunctions to protect the children and the mother, and applications relating to the children's ability to travel internationally and obtain passports.

The court ordered that all previous parenting plans and orders be discharged. The mother was granted sole parental responsibility for long-term and day-to-day decisions concerning the children's care, welfare, and development, including their education, religion, and health. The children were ordered to live with the mother and spend no time with the father. The court also made specific provisions for limited, indirect contact between the father and children through cards and gifts on designated occasions. Crucially, pursuant to section 68B of the *Family Law Act 1975*, the father was restrained by injunction from various forms of contact, harassment, and proximity to the children, mother, or her family. The court also made orders permitting the children to leave Australia and be issued with passports, dispensing with the father's signature, and provided for the arrest of the father without warrant if a police officer believed on reasonable grounds that he had breached the injunction by causing or threatening bodily harm to the children or harassing, molesting, or stalking them. All outstanding applications were dismissed.