Hiroma & Anor and Hiroma & Anor

In the matter of *Hiroma & Anor and Hiroma & Anor*, the Honourable Justice Cohen of the Family Court of Australia considered a dispute concerning the parenting arrangements for a child born in April 2002. The proceedings involved the mother, the father, and other applicants, presumably other family members, seeking to establish orders regarding the child's residence, parental responsibility, and time spent with the child.

The court was required to determine the primary residence of the child, who should hold parental responsibility, and the specific arrangements for the father and applicants to spend time with the child. These arrangements encompassed time during school terms, school vacations including Easter, Winter, Spring, and Christmas, with provisions for agreed times and default arrangements in the absence of agreement for the Christmas period.

Justice Cohen ordered that the child shall reside with the mother and that the mother shall have sole parental responsibility for the child. The father and applicants were granted specific time with the child, including alternate weekends during school terms, defined periods during Easter, Winter, and Spring school vacations, and detailed arrangements for the Christmas school vacation, with differing provisions depending on whether the holiday period commenced in an odd or even numbered year.