Gerald & Kenwood

In the matter of Gerald & Kenwood, heard before Judge Scarlett, the dispute concerned parenting orders and the registration of children's names. The applicant mother sought orders regarding the children's residence, parental responsibility, and international travel, as well as a change of the children's names.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the applicant mother sole parental responsibility for the two children, whether the children should live with her, and the extent of time they should spend with the respondent father. Additionally, the court had to consider the application to change the children's names and whether to permit them to travel internationally.

Judge Scarlett reasoned that it was in the children's best interests to grant the applicant mother sole parental responsibility and for them to live with her, with time to be spent with the father as agreed. The court also found it appropriate to change the children's names and granted leave for the applicant mother to apply to the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages in New South Wales for the registration of the new names. Furthermore, the court permitted the children to travel internationally, authorising the applicant mother to apply for Australian passports for them. The orders made on 18 November 2013 were discharged.