FIFE & FIFE

In the matter of *Fife & Fife*, Dawe J of the Family Court of Australia considered applications concerning children and practice and procedure. The father failed to attend a hearing and had not complied with previous orders to file supporting documents. The mother had instituted contravention proceedings.

The court was required to determine whether to grant an adjournment of the proceedings and whether to suspend previous orders concerning the father's time with the children. The court also considered the mother's application for interim orders and the father's contravention application.

Dawe J adjourned the further consideration of the matter, noting the father's non-attendance and non-compliance with filing orders. The court suspended specific paragraphs of previous orders, which related to the father spending time with the children, during the period of the adjournment. The time for the father to file and serve his response and answering affidavit in relation to the interim orders was extended.