Goodner and Jeppesen

This matter concerned orders made by consent between Mr Goodner and Ms Jeppesen regarding their two children, M and E. The orders addressed issues of parental responsibility, the children's residence, and their time with each parent, including provisions for international travel and relocation.

The court was required to determine the terms of final parenting orders, including the allocation of parental responsibility, the primary residence of the children, and the specific arrangements for each parent to spend time with the children. Further issues included the conditions under which the children could be removed from Australia, the process for international travel, and the arrangements for the children to reside in Denmark with the mother from January 2012, as well as reciprocal arrangements should the mother relocate to Denmark without the children.

The court made orders by consent, establishing equal shared parental responsibility for the children. It imposed a restraint on the removal of the children from the Commonwealth of Australia until 31 December 2011, with the Australian Federal Police to place the children's names on the Airport Watch List. The orders detailed a week-about living arrangement between the parents, with specific provisions for time with each parent on significant occasions such as birthdays and public holidays. The orders also outlined a framework for international travel, requiring written notice and the exchange of passports, and crucially, permitted the mother to remove the children to Denmark from 1 January 2012, with detailed arrangements for the father to spend time with the children in Australia during school holidays and for reciprocal arrangements should the mother relocate to Denmark without the children.