Adam and Shepherd

In the matter of *Adam and Shepherd*, heard by Stickland J, the dispute concerned parenting arrangements for a child born in July 2000. The specific nature of the dispute, beyond the need for court orders regarding the child's residence, parental responsibility, and contact, is not detailed.

The court was required to determine the primary residence of the child, the allocation of parental responsibility, the terms of the father's time with and communication with the child, and the conditions under which such contact should occur. Additionally, the court had to consider injunctive relief to protect the child from certain behaviours and to regulate the child's movement.

Stickland J ordered that the child live with the mother, who was granted sole parental responsibility. The father was to spend time with and communicate with the child as agreed, with handovers to occur inside the T Police Station and to be conducted by the mother and the paternal grandmother only. The father was also enjoined from denigrating the mother or her partner in the child's presence or hearing, from removing the child from South Australia without the mother's written consent, and from consuming alcohol or drugs during periods of contact. All other applications were dismissed.