Gallato & Cellini & Anor

In the matter of *Gallato & Cellini & Anor*, Cronin J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia made orders concerning interim arrangements for children and property in a family law dispute. The proceedings involved a father and mother, with the court addressing issues related to the children's residence, schooling, and the mother's access to a shared property.

The court was required to determine the interim living arrangements for the children, B and C, and to make orders restraining the mother from removing them from their school and childcare facilities. Additionally, the court considered an objection by F Hospital to the production of documents under subpoena and varied previous orders regarding the mother's access to a property to allow the father to collect personal effects.

Cronin J ordered that, until further order, the children were to live with the father and that the mother was restrained from removing them from their current school and childcare. The father was to ensure the children's continued enrolment and attendance at school and an early learning centre. The court also granted the father liberty to apply for urgent orders, including a recovery order, should the mother attempt to remove the children. The objection by F Hospital was adjourned, and previous orders were varied to permit the father access to a property to collect his and the children's belongings. The court also directed that the reasons for its orders be transcribed and included in the court file, and that particulars of the obligations and consequences of contravening the orders be set out in an attached Fact Sheet.