Craig and Dobson

In *Craig and Dobson*, heard by Judge Harland, the dispute concerned parenting orders for a child born in 2011. The proceedings involved the mother and the father, with the court ultimately making significant orders regarding the child's living arrangements, parental responsibility, and international travel.

The court was required to determine the most appropriate parenting arrangements for the child, specifically addressing issues of sole parental responsibility, the child's residence, the extent of the child's contact with the father, and the mother's ability to obtain the child's passport without the father's consent. These determinations were to be made in accordance with the overarching principles of the *Family Law Act 1975*.

Judge Harland ordered that the mother have sole parental responsibility for the child and that the child live with the mother. Crucially, the court ordered that the child spend no time with the father. Furthermore, the mother was permitted to obtain the child's passport pursuant to section 11 of the *Australian Passports Act 2005* without requiring the father's consent. The court also directed that the final reasons and orders be sent to the Legal Aid Commission, noting that particulars of the obligations and consequences of contravention were set out in an attachment to the orders.