Charonne and Charonne (No. 2)

In the matter of *Charonne and Charonne (No. 2)*, the Honourable Justice Mushin of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the husband. The dispute concerned alleged breaches of a previous court order made on 4 July 2007, specifically paragraph 12 of that order.

The court was required to determine whether the wife had breached paragraph 12 of the existing order on two occasions on 28 July 2007, and if so, whether she had done so without reasonable excuse. The court also had to consider the appropriate orders to make in light of its findings.

Justice Mushin found that the wife had breached paragraph 12 of the order on two occasions on 28 July 2007, without reasonable excuse. Consequently, the court ordered both the husband and wife, within 14 days, to contact Relationships Australia to arrange an appointment for an initial assessment for the post-separation parenting program, "Key steps to parenting after separation". They were further required to attend this assessment at a time and place nominated by the provider, and if assessed as suitable, to attend the nominated program. Liberty to apply was granted for further orders should either party be assessed as unsuitable for the program. The husband's application was otherwise dismissed.