Booth and Remington & Anor

The matter of *Booth and Remington & Anor* concerned an application brought by the Applicant mother in the Federal Circuit Court, which was subsequently dismissed. The First Respondent was the father and the Second Respondent was the paternal grandmother.

The central legal issue before the Court was the determination of the applications filed by the parties. Specifically, the Court was required to consider the Initiating Application filed by the mother and the Response filed by the father.

Cleary J dismissed both the Initiating Application filed by the mother on 8 November 2016 and the Response filed by the father on 25 January 2017. The Court also ordered that the First Respondent father and the Second Respondent paternal grandmother each pay the Applicant mother costs in the fixed sum of $500, arising from the hearing on 23 July 2019, with six months allowed for payment. The Court noted that other applications from 2017 remained outstanding.