Clovelly and Clovelly (No. 3)

This matter concerned parenting arrangements for a child, C, born in April 1999, and property matters between her parents. The proceedings were before Faulks DCJ.

The court was required to determine the primary residence of the child, the allocation of parental responsibility, and the specific arrangements for the child's time spent with her father. Additionally, the court needed to address the finalisation of a Less Adversarial Trial, the filing and service of affidavits, the potential for obtaining further expert advice in relation to property matters, and the enforcement of existing property orders.

Faulks DCJ ordered that the child would continue to live principally with her mother and that the mother would have sole parental responsibility until further order. The child was to spend time with her father on alternate weekends, commencing from after dance classes on Friday until the child's return to school on the following Monday, with specific provisions for public holidays and school holiday periods. Other arrangements for the child's time with her father were suspended. The finalisation of the Less Adversarial Trial was set for November 2010, with a deadline for affidavit filing and service in October 2010. The court also set a deadline of August 2010 for the parties to agree on obtaining further expert advice for property matters, failing which no additional expert evidence would be received. Matters relating to the enforcement of existing property orders were adjourned for further consideration in August 2010.