Awling and Henb

In Awling and Henb, heard before Justice Cronin, the mother and father each filed applications concerning their child. The specific nature of the dispute leading to these applications is not detailed, but the orders indicate a focus on the child's welfare and parental contact arrangements.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the interim applications filed by both the mother and the father. Additionally, the court needed to consider and make orders regarding the child's telephone contact with the mother, the father's facilitation of these calls, and the attendance of both parties at a child responsive program. The court also had to address the arrangements for the child's return following the long summer holidays and set a date for a less adversarial trial.

Justice Cronin dismissed both the mother's and the father's interim applications. The court discharged a previous order relating to telephone contact and substituted it with specific directions for the mother to telephone the child on Thursdays and Sundays when the child is with the father, and on a particular date in January 2009. The father was ordered to facilitate these calls, ensuring he or any other person was not present during the conversations. The court also ordered the parties to attend a child responsive program and set a date for a less adversarial trial. Further orders were made concerning the handover of the child between the parents at a police station on specific dates in January 2009, and the father was directed to facilitate telephone contact with the child on several dates in January 2009. Liberty was granted to approach the registrar for an urgent hearing if there was non-compliance with existing orders.