Bretts and Bretts

In *Bretts and Bretts*, heard by Jordan J, the dispute concerned parenting orders for three children. The mother sought orders for the children to live with her and for her to have sole parental responsibility. The father had filed contravention applications.

The court was required to determine whether to make orders for the children to live with the mother and for her to have sole parental responsibility, and to consider the father's contravention applications. The court also needed to determine whether the children should spend any time with, or communicate with, the father.

Jordan J ordered that the three children, born in 1996, 2001, and 2003, live with the mother and that she have day-to-day and long-term sole parental responsibility. The court further ordered that, until further order, the children were to have no contact with the father. The father's contravention applications were dismissed, and there were no orders for costs. All outstanding applications were dismissed, and the proceedings were removed from the list of matters awaiting finalisation. The court also directed that documents produced by subpoena be returned to their providers after the appeal period, and that no party could inspect them without leave of the court.