Cowley and Anor and Yuvaves

In the matter of *Cowley and Anor and Yuvaves*, heard before Thornton J, the applicants sought orders concerning their child, B, born in 2014. The precise nature of the dispute between the parties is not detailed, but the court's orders indicate it concerned parental responsibility and the child's living arrangements.

The court was required to determine the appropriate orders regarding equal shared parental responsibility for the child, where the child should live, and how these orders should be served on the respondent, who appears to reside in Thailand. The court also considered the inclusion of a fact sheet detailing the obligations and consequences of contravening the orders, as permitted by sections 65DA(2) and 62B of the relevant legislation.

Thornton J made orders for equal shared parental responsibility for the child B, and that the child live with the applicants. The court further ordered that the applicants' solicitor serve sealed copies of the orders, along with certified Thai translations and explanatory letters, on the respondent via registered post to their residential address in Thailand. The court also directed that a fact sheet, outlining the particulars of the obligations and consequences of contravention, be attached to and included within the orders. Finally, all other extant applications were dismissed.