Conway and Canavan

In the matter of Conway and Canavan, heard before Judge Young, the dispute concerned arrangements for the children Y and X to spend time with their father.

The court was required to determine the specific periods the children would spend with the father during the 2019 October school holidays and the 2019/2020 Christmas school holidays, including the allocation of travel costs.

Judge Young ordered that the children spend the entirety of the 2019 October school holidays in Darwin with the father, who was to bear the cost of travel. Furthermore, the children were to spend three weeks with the father during the 2019/2020 Christmas school holidays, encompassing Christmas Day 2019, with travel costs also to be met by the father. The specific timing for the Christmas holiday period was to be negotiated between the parties. The proceedings were adjourned to 25 September 2019 for callover and potential trial listing, with a requirement for personal attendance by the parties and properly instructed counsel, or the file principal if counsel were unavailable.