Emmett and Grunswell

In the matter of Emmett and Grunswell, heard by Deputy Chief Justice Faulks, the dispute concerned parenting arrangements for a child born in 2012. The orders indicate a significant divergence in the parents' ability to co-parent and the child's living arrangements.

The court was required to determine the most appropriate orders for the child's primary residence, parental responsibility, and the nature and extent of contact between the child and the mother. The orders also addressed the financial implications of the mother spending time with the child and the father's ongoing obligation to keep the mother informed of the child's progress.

Deputy Chief Justice Faulks ordered that the father have sole parental responsibility for the child and that the child live primarily with him. Contact between the child and the mother was to be supervised by the father or a nominee, unless otherwise agreed or ordered by a court. The mother was to bear her own costs if she chose to travel to spend time with the child. The father was to continue to keep the mother informed of the child's progress and provide his address. The matter was then removed from the pending cases list.