Dawkins and Boreham

In the matter of *Dawkins and Boreham*, heard before Cronin J, the court considered an application to vary existing parenting orders. The dispute concerned the arrangements for the father's time with the child, specifically the method of changeover and the duration of contact.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether to vary the existing orders to implement a specific changeover procedure at the mother's property, involving the father remaining in his vehicle and the child being handed over at the gate by a nominated representative, and to alter the father's scheduled time with the child.

Cronin J varied the orders to introduce a more structured changeover process, requiring the father to remain in his vehicle at all times during changeovers and stipulating that the child be handed over and returned at the gate of the mother's driveway. The court also adjusted the father's time with the child, granting specific periods of contact in May 2009 and establishing a pattern of alternate weekend contact thereafter. The remaining aspects of the parties' applications were dismissed.