Antuma and Orlov

In the matter of *Antuma and Orlov*, heard before Judge Altobelli, the dispute concerned parenting arrangements for a child born in 2015. The proceedings involved applications by the parties regarding the child's residence, parental responsibility, and the nature and extent of contact between the child and the respondent father.

The court was required to determine the most appropriate parenting orders, considering the welfare and best interests of the child. Key issues included whether the mother should have sole parental responsibility, with whom the child should live, and the conditions under which the child should spend time with the father, including the necessity and nature of supervised contact.

Judge Altobelli ordered that the mother have sole parental responsibility for the child and that the child live with the mother. The court further ordered that the father arrange for supervised contact with the child through a contact centre, with the father to bear the reasonable costs of this supervision. Pending the availability of a place at a specific contact centre, the father was to have supervised contact for two hours each alternate week with an independent provider, at his expense. Liberty was granted to the Independent Children’s Lawyer to relist the matter on short notice if circumstances warranted.