Grant and Curtis

The parties to this proceeding were the father and the mother, who were involved in a dispute concerning their child. The matter came before Dessau J in the Family Court of Australia.

The primary legal issue before the Court was the urgent need to determine the status of proceedings in the Children's Court at Bendigo and to schedule a final hearing in the Family Court. The father had filed an application for contravention, and other existing applications were also pending.

Dessau J ordered that the father's application for contravention and all other existing applications be adjourned to a telephone mention within seven days. This mention was to determine an urgent date for the completion of a final hearing. Furthermore, the Registrar was requested to contact the Registrar of the Children's Court at Bendigo to ascertain the progress of the case there and to request that any proposed hearing in that court proceed as soon as possible, given the Family Court's intention to proceed with its final hearing shortly.