GRAINGER & GRAINGER

In the matter of *Grainger & Grainger*, heard before Rees J, the father sought interim parenting orders requiring the mother to contribute to the costs of an expert report and to be notified of the child's medical treatment. The mother consented to the notification order. The father also sought to join the maternal grandmother to the proceedings, but subsequently withdrew this application.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the father should be granted an interim order for the mother to contribute to the costs of the expert report, and whether the father should be notified of the child's medical treatment. Additionally, the court was required to consider the mother's application for indemnity costs against the father in relation to the interim application, given the father's lack of success on that aspect.

Rees J determined that the issue of the costs of the expert report should be adjourned to the final hearing, rather than being determined on an interim basis. The court dismissed the mother's application for indemnity costs, noting that the matter was complex and the father was self-represented, which weighed against an order for indemnity costs.

Consequently, the court ordered that the father's application filed on 21 December 2017, seeking a contribution to the costs of the expert's report, be adjourned to the substantive hearing. The application to join the maternal grandmother was withdrawn by the father, and the mother's application for indemnity costs was dismissed.