BEARDON & BEARDON

This matter concerned final parenting orders made by Judge Burchardt in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. The parties had agreed on the vast majority of parenting arrangements for their two children, born in 2011 and 2013, with only a few outstanding matters requiring determination.

The court was required to determine the specific terms of the final parenting orders, including arrangements for parental responsibility, living arrangements, and time spent between the children and each parent. This encompassed detailed provisions for school term and holiday periods, special occasions, communication, travel, and the children's education and extracurricular activities.

The court made orders for equal shared parental responsibility, with the children to live with the Mother. The Father was granted significant time with the children, including alternate weekends during term time, half of school holidays, and specific arrangements for birthdays, Father's Day, Christmas, and Easter, with alternating arrangements for certain holidays between the parents. The orders also included provisions for communication, international travel, school attendance, extracurricular activities, and injunctions restraining denigration of the other parent and the discussion of proceedings in the children's presence. Further orders addressed the children's health, the use of electronic devices, and the attendance of counselling to address issues arising from the implementation of the orders.