BARASH & SACHER

In the matter of *Barash & Sacher*, heard before Judge Boyle, the dispute concerned parenting orders for two children, [X] born in 2001 and [Y] born in 2004. The specific nature of the dispute leading to these orders is not detailed, but the court was required to make determinations regarding the children's living arrangements, parental responsibility, and contact with their father.

The central legal issues before the court were to determine the most appropriate parenting arrangements for the children, considering their best interests. This involved deciding who should have sole parental responsibility, where the children should live, the extent of any time the children should spend with the father, and whether any contact should be permitted between the father and the children.

Judge Boyle ordered that all previous parenting orders be discharged. The court then made new orders granting the mother sole parental responsibility for the children and stipulating that the children were to live with the mother. Crucially, the court ordered that the children were to spend no time with the father. The father was permitted to send one letter to each child, to be delivered to the Independent Children's Lawyer within one month of the orders, who would then arrange for their delivery. The father was otherwise restrained from contacting the children. Upon the Independent Children's Lawyer providing the letters, their appointment was to be discharged.