Collison and Dench

The case of Collison and Dench concerned parenting orders made by Barry J in relation to a child born in April 2004. The dispute involved the father's application concerning his time with the child.

The court was required to determine the specific arrangements for the child's time with the father, including weekly overnight stays, a specific period in November 2007, and Christmas arrangements for 2007. The court also needed to address the father's liberty to contact the child by telephone and the adjournment of his application filed in October 2006.

Barry J made orders detailing the father's time with the child, including specific days and times for weekly contact, a rescheduled period of time in November 2007, and arrangements for Christmas 2007. The orders also stipulated the father's right to telephone the child on Fridays and adjourned the father's application to a judicial duty list in February 2008. Furthermore, the court ordered that particulars of the obligations, consequences of contravention, and available assistance were to be set out in a separate annexed document, pursuant to sections 62B and 65DA(2) of the relevant legislation.