Hunter and Uppal (No. 2)

In *Hunter and Uppal (No. 2)*, Dawe J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the father concerning parenting orders. The dispute involved specific paragraphs of the father's application filed on 28 March 2007, which the mother and the Independent Children’s Lawyer (ICL) had contested.

The central legal issue before the court was the allocation of costs associated with the father's application, specifically in relation to paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of that application. The court was required to determine whether the father should be ordered to pay the costs incurred by the mother and the ICL in relation to these contested aspects of his application.

Dawe J ordered that the father pay the costs of the mother and the Independent Children’s Lawyer in relation to the specified paragraphs of his application. These costs were to be agreed upon by the parties within twenty-one days, or if agreement could not be reached, they were to be taxed.