Fitzroy and Clauson

This matter concerned parenting orders made by Judge Baker in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. The dispute involved the parents, Fitzroy and Clauson, regarding the future care and time arrangements for their two children, [X] and [Y]. A key element of the dispute was the mother's proposed relocation of the children's residence to Tasmania.

The court was required to determine the extent of shared parental responsibility, the children's surname, the primary residence of the children, and the specific arrangements for the children to spend time with the father. This included detailed provisions for both supervised and unsupervised time, the progression of overnight stays, holiday arrangements, and communication methods between the children and the father. The court also considered an application for the mother to relocate the children's residence and a restraining order against the father concerning social media posts.

Judge Baker made orders for equal shared parental responsibility, with the children to live with the mother and be permitted to relocate to Tasmania. The children were to be known by the surname Fitzroy-Clauson. The court then set out a detailed schedule for the children's time with the father, which included a phased approach to increasing unsupervised time for [X] and a gradual increase in unsupervised time for [Y] after supervised sessions. The father was restrained from posting material about the mother or her family on social media. Leave was granted to the father to apply for unsupervised time with [Y] after a specified number of supervised sessions.