Glassman and Tetlow and Anor

In *Glassman and Tetlow and Anor*, heard before Gill J, the dispute concerned parenting orders for a child, B, born in 2005. The proceedings involved the father and the mother, with the Director-General of the Community Services Directorate (ACT) also a party.

The court was required to determine the living arrangements for the child, including the allocation of parental responsibility and whether the father should be permitted to relocate the child's permanent residence from Australia to the United Kingdom. The court also needed to make orders regarding the mother's time with the child pending the relocation.

Gill J discharged all prior parenting orders. The court ordered that the child, B, live with the father and that the father have sole parental responsibility. Crucially, the court permitted the father to relocate the child's permanent residence to the United Kingdom from 15 April 2017. Pending the child's departure, the mother was to spend time with the child on a supervised basis, with the frequency to be facilitated by the Community Services Directorate (ACT) or its agent. The court also ordered that prior to the child's departure, the father and the Director-General ensure the child meets with her current case worker and/or counsellor and the Family Consultant to have the judgment and orders explained to her.