Carver and McCaffrey

In the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Judge Altobelli considered proceedings between Ms. McCaffrey and Mr. Carver. The dispute concerned Ms. McCaffrey's contravention of parenting orders previously made by the court on 23 April 2015.

The court was required to determine whether Ms. McCaffrey had contravened the existing parenting orders without reasonable excuse. Additionally, the court needed to consider the appropriate orders to be made in light of this contravention, including the terms of any bond, the completion of a parenting program, and the specific arrangements for the child X's time with the father.

Judge Altobelli found that Ms. McCaffrey had contravened the parenting orders without reasonable excuse. Consequently, Ms. McCaffrey was ordered to enter into a bond for 12 months, requiring her to strictly adhere to the operative parenting orders and to be of good behaviour. Ms. McCaffrey was also ordered to complete a parenting program within six months. Order 4 of the original consent orders was vacated, and the court then set out detailed new parenting arrangements for the child X, specifying the time the child would spend with the father, with provisions that evolved as the child aged and included arrangements for school holidays and public holidays.