CHADWICK & LACY

In the matter of *CHADWICK & LACY*, Hogan J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application concerning the living arrangements and parental responsibility for a child, J, born in 2009. The dispute between the parents, Chadwick and Lacy, necessitated the court's intervention to make final orders regarding the child's welfare.

The primary legal issues before the court were to determine with whom the child, J, should live, and to allocate parental responsibility between the mother and father. The court was also required to make orders regarding the father's time with the child, in the absence of an agreed arrangement.

Hogan J ordered that the child, J, should live with the mother. Furthermore, the mother was granted sole parental responsibility for the child. The court also ordered that the father should spend time with the child as agreed between the parties, reflecting a degree of flexibility and parental autonomy where possible within the overarching orders.