Haley and MacAllum

In *Haley and MacAllum*, heard before Faulks DCJ, the dispute concerned the parental responsibility and living arrangements for three children, K, N, and B. The proceedings involved the father, Mr Haley, and the mother, Ms MacAllum.

The court was required to determine the appropriate orders regarding parental responsibility, the children's residence, and the extent of contact between the children and their father. Specific issues included whether the children should live with their mother, whether they should spend time with their father, and the nature and conditions of any communication or contact permitted between the father and the children.

The court ordered that the mother, Ms MacAllum, have sole parental responsibility for the children and that they live with her. Crucially, the court ordered that the children do not spend time with their father, Mr Haley. However, provisions were made for written communication between the father and the children via letters or emails, with the mother retaining the right to review and withhold inappropriate communications. The mother was also directed to provide the father with the children's school reports and to keep him informed of significant medical matters. The father was permitted to send gifts to the children, which the mother was to pass on.