Crewe and Gordon and Ors

This matter concerned parenting orders for two children, X and Y, involving their mother, their respective fathers (the first and third respondents), and their grandmother (the applicant). The dispute revolved around the arrangements for the children's living arrangements, time spent with each parent and the grandmother, and communication.

The court was required to determine the appropriate parenting orders for X and Y, including establishing equal shared parental responsibility, determining with whom each child would live, and detailing the time each child would spend with their mother and grandmother. Additionally, the court needed to consider and implement specific injunctions and orders concerning the parties' conduct, communication about the children's health and education, and emergency contact arrangements.

Judge Small discharged all previous parenting orders and made new orders establishing equal shared parental responsibility for X between the mother and the third respondent father, and for Y between the mother and the first respondent father. X was ordered to live with the third respondent father, and Y with the first respondent father. Detailed provisions were made for the children's time with their mother and grandmother, including specific arrangements for school terms, holidays, birthdays, and Christmas. The court also issued injunctions restraining the mother from using illicit substances and bringing the children into contact with others under the influence of illicit substances. Further orders prohibited corporal punishment and any form of abuse or denigration of other parties in the presence of the children. Provisions were also made for notification of illness or injury, communication of medical information, and access to school and extra-curricular activity information.