Beckett and Beckett

In the matter of *Beckett and Beckett*, Guest J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application concerning the welfare of a child. The dispute involved the parents' arrangements for the child and the child's relationship with the Wife.

The court was required to determine how best to facilitate the development of a relationship between the child and the Wife, and to ensure the child's attendance at counselling for this purpose. The court also considered the attendance of the parents and the paternal grandmother at counselling and for the preparation of a family report.

Guest J ordered that the further hearing of the Wife's application and the Husband's response be adjourned to a future date. Until further order, the Husband was directed to arrange the attendance of the child upon a counsellor to improve the child's relationship with the Wife. Both parents were ordered to attend counselling as recommended by the counsellor, and the Husband was to permit and encourage the child to spend time with the Wife as recommended. Furthermore, the Husband, Wife, and child were to attend upon the counsellor for the preparation of a family report, and the paternal grandmother was also to attend counselling and the family report preparation as directed by the counsellor.