Clair and Gall

The case of Clair and Gall involved a dispute between the parents of two children over parenting arrangements and contact. The matter was heard in the Family Court of Australia. The father had filed an interim application on 16 December 2010, which was dismissed by the court. The court ordered the parents to attend family counselling and a post-separation parenting course to help them resolve their issues and improve their parenting skills.

The legal issues before the court included determining the parenting arrangements for the two children, their living arrangements, and the contact they would have with each parent. The court also needed to consider the parents' ability to cooperate and communicate effectively to co-parent their children. The court was required to make orders that were in the best interests of the children and to ensure that the parents had equal shared parental responsibility.

The court found that the parents had equal shared parental responsibility for the children and that the children would live with the mother. The court ordered that the father have contact with the children on alternate weekends, during school holidays, and on special occasions such as birthdays and holidays. The court also ordered the parents to attend family counselling and a post-separation parenting course to help them improve their communication and co-parenting skills. The court noted that the particulars of the obligations created by these orders and the consequences of contravening them were set out in Annexure A, which was included in the orders.