Denning & Denning

In *Denning & Denning*, Brown J of the Family Court of Australia considered applications for final parenting and financial orders between a husband and wife concerning their child, L. The proceedings also involved the sale of investment properties and the management of various other properties and financial obligations.

The court was required to determine the parenting arrangements for the child L, including the allocation of parental responsibility, the child's living arrangements, and specific time arrangements for each parent. Additionally, the court needed to make orders regarding the sale of investment properties, the application of sale proceeds, the management of rental income from other properties, and the payment of various expenses and debts, including mortgage instalments, rates, insurances, maintenance, credit card payments, and vehicle lease payments. The court also addressed the child's ongoing medical treatment for enuresis and imposed orders restraining the parties from discussing the proceedings or denigrating each other in the child's presence.

Brown J discharged all previous parenting orders and injunctions, establishing equal shared parental responsibility for L. The court ordered that L reside with the wife at the former matrimonial home, with specific provisions for the husband's time with the child during school terms, holidays, and special occasions, including telephone contact. The court also mandated the re-enrolment of L at S Primary School and ordered the sale of three investment properties, with the proceeds to be applied towards sale costs, mortgages, and the balance paid into a trust account. Further orders detailed the application of funds from the trust account to cover mortgage instalments, rates, insurances, maintenance, credit card payments, and vehicle lease payments, with the husband to provide monthly accounting. The court also noted the husband's agreement to undertake family therapy with another child, E.