BARNHAM & BARNHAM

In the matter of *Barnham & Barnham*, heard before Justice Cronin of the Family Court of Australia, the dispute concerned interim and final orders relating to the welfare of a child, J. The husband had filed an application seeking interim orders on 15 January 2010, to which the wife responded on 29 January 2010. The husband also sought final orders on 15 January 2010.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the husband's application for interim orders, and to consider the applications for final orders. The central issue revolved around the immediate arrangements for the child J, born in March 1998, and the future parenting arrangements.

Justice Cronin ordered that the husband facilitate the child J's return to the wife in South Australia by bus on Sunday evening, 31 January 2010, with arrival scheduled for the early hours of Monday, 1 February 2010. The husband's application for interim orders was otherwise dismissed. The applications for final orders were adjourned for further hearing in the Adelaide Registry of the Family Court of Australia on a date to be fixed by the Registrar. The reasons for judgment were to be placed on the file and released to the parties.