GAILE & TALTON

In the matter of *Gaile & Talton*, heard by Bennett J, the applicants, Mr Gaile (Maternal Great Uncle) and Ms Gaile (Maternal Great Aunt), sought sole parental responsibility for the children B and C, born in 2004. The dispute concerned the parenting arrangements for these children, with the applicants seeking orders for the children to live with them and for the mother's time with the children to be reserved.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the applicants sole parental responsibility for the children and to make orders regarding the children's living arrangements and the mother's contact. The court also had to consider the mother's attendance at court and the dismissal of the Initiating Application filed on 15 May 2015.

Bennett J ordered that the applicants have sole parental responsibility for the children and that the children live with them. The mother's time with the children was reserved, with liberty granted to her to apply to vary or set aside the order, requiring her to explain her failure to attend court and set out relevant matters for her application. The applicants were directed to serve the order on the respondent mother and send a copy to the children's father. The Initiating Application was dismissed, and particulars of the obligations and consequences of the orders were to be set out in an attached Fact Sheet.