GRAHAM & KOVACS

In the matter of *Graham & Kovacs*, heard before Tree J, the dispute concerned the parenting arrangements for three children, B, C, and D. The court was required to determine whether to suspend the children's time with their father, as previously ordered, and under what conditions that time could be reinstated.

The central legal issue before the court was the welfare of the children in light of concerns regarding the father's fitness to care for them. Specifically, the court had to consider the immediate suspension of the existing parenting orders and the criteria that would need to be met for the resumption of the father's time with the children.

Tree J ordered that the children's time with the father be forthwith suspended until further order. This suspension was conditional upon the father filing a medical certificate from his treating practitioner confirming his fitness to care for the children on alternate weekends. The court also stipulated that the father would have liberty to apply on short notice to discharge the suspension order once the medical certificate was filed. The matter was adjourned for further hearing, with directions for the filing and service of affidavit material by the Independent Children's Lawyer, the father, and the mother.