Aslam and Render

In *Aslam and Render*, heard by Judge Obradovic, the dispute concerned parenting orders for two children. The proceedings involved applications by both the mother and the father, with the court ultimately making final orders regarding the children's living arrangements, parental responsibility, and communication with the father.

The court was required to determine the paramount issue of the children's best interests in relation to their residence, long-term welfare and development, and international travel. Additionally, the court considered the father's right to communicate with the children and the need to protect the children from harmful conduct by the father.

Judge Obradovic ordered that the mother have sole parental responsibility for long-term decisions concerning the children's welfare and development, and that the children live with her. The mother was granted liberty to remove the children from Australia and to apply for their passports without the father's consent. The father was to be provided with a designated telephone for communication with the children between specified hours on Saturdays, though this communication was suspended when the children were overseas. The mother was also ordered to maintain a post office box for the father's correspondence with the children. Finally, the father was restrained by injunction from denigrating the mother or her family in the children's presence or in writing.