Harvey and Harvey and Anor

In the matter of *Harvey and Harvey and Anor*, Cronin J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered applications made by both the wife and the husband. The proceedings involved a dispute concerning parenting arrangements for the parties' children, with multiple applications and responses filed by each party.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether various applications filed by the wife and husband, including applications related to contravention and contempt, should be struck out. Additionally, the court was required to determine whether to vary existing parenting orders concerning the children's school holidays and to make orders regarding the particulars of obligations and consequences of contravention under sections 65DA(2) and 62B of the relevant legislation.

Cronin J applied principles relating to the striking out of applications, likely considering whether the applications were an abuse of process or lacked merit. The court also considered the parties' consent to a variation of existing orders regarding the first half of the Term 1 school holidays in 2018. Furthermore, the court made orders pursuant to sections 65DA(2) and 62B to include a Fact Sheet detailing the obligations, consequences of contravention, and available assistance for compliance.

The court ordered that numerous applications filed by both the wife and the husband be struck out. By consent, paragraph 5(a) of the orders made on 30 November 2015 was varied to grant the wife the children for the first half of the Term 1 school holidays in 2018. The court also made orders detailing the particulars of obligations and consequences of contravention, as set out in an attached Fact Sheet.