Bayle and Dallaway

In the matter of *Bayle and Dallaway*, heard by Judge Terry, the dispute concerned parenting orders for two children, X (born 2014) and Y (born 2016). The proceedings were initiated by the mother, and the orders were made in the father's absence.

The court was required to determine the appropriate parenting arrangements for the children, specifically addressing issues of parental responsibility, living arrangements, time spent with each parent, communication between parents and children, and international travel. The court also had to consider the implications of the father's absence from the proceedings and the potential for future applications by him.

Judge Terry ordered that the mother have sole parental responsibility for the children, and that the children live with her. Crucially, the father was ordered to spend no time with and have no communication with the children. The mother was granted permission to apply for passports for the children and to travel internationally with them, notwithstanding the father's lack of consent. The court noted that any future application by the father for parenting orders would require him to address serious issues of drug use, mental health, and family violence that had been raised in the current proceedings.