Bradbury & Lander

This matter concerned parenting arrangements for a child, Y, involving the child's mother, father, and maternal grandmother. The dispute centred on the allocation of time Y would spend with her mother and maternal grandparents during the Christmas and New Year period. The proceedings were before Gill J.

The court was required to determine the specific schedule for Y's time with her mother and maternal grandparents, and with her father, during the period from 23 December 2018 to 14 January 2019. This included establishing the precise dates and times for handovers between the parties.

Gill J made orders for Y to spend half of the specified period with her mother and maternal grandparents and the other half with her father. The court detailed a specific schedule of alternating periods of time between the mother (and maternal grandmother) and the father, commencing on 23 December 2018 and concluding on 14 January 2019. The orders also stipulated that handovers during this Christmas period were to take place in a mutually agreed public location near the residences of the maternal and paternal grandparents. Following this period, Y was to spend time with her father and mother according to existing orders pending further judgment.