Grande and Mort

This matter concerned parenting orders made by Judge Curtain in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. The dispute involved the father and mother of two children, X and Y, regarding their future care and living arrangements.

The court was required to determine the extent of parental responsibility, where the children would live, whether the mother could relocate with the children to Western Australia, and the specific arrangements for the children to spend time with and communicate with the father. The court also had to consider the admission of a report into evidence and address various ancillary orders concerning travel expenses, communication, notification of significant events, and the parents' conduct towards each other in the presence of the children.

The court ordered the discharge of all prior parenting orders and admitted a report into evidence. It made orders for equal shared parental responsibility, with the children to live with the mother. Crucially, the mother was permitted to relocate with the children to Western Australia. Detailed provisions were made for the children to spend time with and communicate with the father, including during school holidays and via electronic means. The court also stipulated arrangements for travel expenses, the father's ability to visit the children in Western Australia, and mutual obligations regarding communication, notification of significant events, and access to information about the children. Finally, the court made orders restraining the mother from encouraging the children to refer to anyone other than the father as "dad" or "daddy," and both parents were restrained from denigrating the other parent or their family members.