Dalley and Dalley (No.4)

This matter came before Judge Scarlett concerning parenting orders for the children X and Y. The dispute involved the terms of time spent by the children with their father, communication with schools and medical practitioners, and the father's conduct towards the children.

The court was required to determine the specific arrangements for the children's time with the father, including the suspension of previous orders and the establishment of new, defined periods. Further issues included the father's right to receive school reports and other information, the parents' obligation to inform each other of the children's health, and the father's conduct in the presence of the children. The court also considered the need for a Family Report and the procedural steps for future hearings.

Judge Scarlett ordered the suspension of all earlier parenting orders. New orders were made for the children to spend specific periods with the father, including Boxing Day, Easter Monday, and various Sundays throughout 2016 and 2017, as well as Father's Day annually. A provision was included allowing the children to express a wish not to spend time with the father, requiring the mother to provide advance notice. The father was restrained by injunction from using abusive or offensive language towards the children. Both parents were permitted to communicate with the children's schools, sporting bodies, and medical practitioners, and the father was granted access to school reports. The court mandated attendance upon a Family Consultant for the preparation of a Family Report, pursuant to section 62G of the *Family Law Act 1975*. The mother was ordered to file an application to discharge, vary, or suspend the primary order within twenty-eight days.

The substantive application was transferred to Judge Boyle and listed for a final hearing date to be set. Each party was ordered to pay their own costs.