Fullmer and Omeros (No 3)

The matter before Judge Harland concerned an application for review of a registrar's decision to dismiss several counts of a contravention application. The dispute arose from allegations of contravention of final parenting orders made on 6 March 2019.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether there had been a significant change in circumstances since the making of the final parenting orders, which would justify reconsidering the parenting matter. This question was central to the application for review, as the registrar had dismissed the contravention application on the basis that the threshold argument, as established in cases like *Rice and Asplund*, had not been met.

Judge Harland reasoned that the registrar's decision was correct. The court applied the principles established in *Rice and Asplund*, which require a significant change of circumstances to justify a review of final parenting orders. In this instance, the evidence presented did not demonstrate such a change. Consequently, the court dismissed the Initiating Application, the Response, and the Application for Review. The court also vacated a scheduled call over listing and ordered that any future application to vary the final parenting orders must be accompanied by an affidavit detailing a significant change in circumstances. The Independent Children’s Lawyer was discharged.