Green and Burnett

In the matter of *Green and Burnett*, Benjamin J of the Family Court of Australia considered applications made by the mother concerning a child born in October 1989. The specific nature of the dispute is not detailed, but it involved an application for the child to be present in court and a broader application filed on 29 January 2007.

The court was required to determine whether to grant leave for the child to be present during the proceedings and to decide the mother's substantive application filed in January 2007. Additionally, the court considered directions regarding the filing of a certification of compliance and the expedition of the primary proceedings.

Benjamin J dismissed both the application for the child to be present and the mother's substantive application. The court reserved costs to the trial, directed that the primary proceedings be expedited, and varied a previous direction by withdrawing the requirement for a certification of compliance. Reasons for orders 1 and 2 were to be placed on the court file.