Bookhurst and Bookhurst (No. 2)

In *Bookhurst and Bookhurst (No. 2)*, the Honourable Justice Rose considered an application to vary existing parenting orders concerning the three children of the marriage. The dispute centred on the terms under which the father would spend time with the children, following previous orders made on 1 August 2007.

The court was required to determine the appropriate arrangements for the children to spend time with their father, specifically addressing the conditions and supervision necessary for these interactions. A key issue was the extent to which the father should be permitted contact with the children, and the role of his partner, Ms Z, in facilitating and supervising this contact. The court also had to consider whether to impose restrictions on the father's ability to approach the children outside of the ordered contact times.

Justice Rose reasoned that the existing orders should be set aside and replaced with new arrangements that provided for supervised time between the father and the three children. The court ordered that the children spend four consecutive hours weekly with the father, commencing at noon each Saturday, under the supervision of Ms Z. The mother was directed to deliver the children to the father's premises for these supervised periods, with Ms Z facilitating the changeovers. The court also made an order restraining the father from approaching or attempting to approach the children except as provided in the new orders, and stipulated that further supervised time could be agreed upon in writing by the parties.