Amos and Topping and Anor

This matter concerned an application by the applicant and the first respondent regarding the parenting arrangements for their two children, X and Y. The court was required to determine the specific orders concerning the children's living arrangements, time spent with each parent, and related matters.

The primary legal issues before the court were the establishment of equal shared parental responsibility, the determination of which parent the children would live with, and the detailed arrangements for the children's time with the non-resident parent. The court also had to consider provisions for communication, travel, medical information, and injunctions to protect the children from parental conflict.

Judge Phipps ordered that the applicant and the first respondent have equal shared parental responsibility for both children. The children were ordered to live with the first respondent, with specific provisions outlining the time the applicant would spend with them, including alternating weekends, Monday evenings, birthdays, and holiday periods. The court also made orders regarding changeovers, parental involvement in school events, interstate travel, notification of medical issues, communication between parents, and injunctions restraining denigration of a parent and discussion of proceedings in the presence of the children. Further orders addressed relocation restrictions and the re-registration of the children's names.