BARRETT & KYNASTON

In the matter of *Barrett & Kynaston*, heard by Bennett J, the dispute concerned parental responsibility and living arrangements for a child born in 2013. The mother sought orders regarding these matters, with the father's position not explicitly detailed in the provided extract.

The central legal issues before the court were the determination of who should have sole parental responsibility for the child, where the child should live, and whether the mother should have the authority to apply for a passport and take the child outside of Australia. The court was also required to consider the implications of contravening any orders made.

Bennett J ordered that the mother have sole parental responsibility for the child and that the child live with the mother. Furthermore, the court clarified that the mother has sole parental authority to apply for and obtain a passport for the child and to take the child outside of the Commonwealth of Australia. The mother's application filed on 8 March 2019 was otherwise dismissed. The court also stipulated that particulars of the obligations created by these orders and the consequences of contravention, as set out in Attachment A, were to be included in the orders pursuant to section 65DA(2) of the *Family Law Act 1975*.