Jamieson and Jamieson

In the matter of Jamieson and Jamieson, Tree J considered parenting orders concerning three children. The dispute involved significant issues regarding the children's living arrangements, decision-making responsibility, and contact with their father.

The court was required to determine the most appropriate parenting orders for the children, specifically addressing issues of sole parental responsibility for long-term decisions, the children's primary residence, the nature and extent of any contact with the father, and the mother's ability to relocate the children internationally. The court also had to consider the necessity of restraining orders against the father to ensure the children's safety and well-being.

Tree J ordered the discharge of all previous parenting orders. The mother was granted sole parental responsibility for all long-term decisions concerning the children's care, welfare, and development, including education, religious and cultural upbringing, health, names, significant changes to living arrangements, and extra-curricular activities. The children were ordered to live with the mother and were not to spend time or communicate with the father unless it was in accordance with their wishes. The mother was permitted to relocate the children and to apply for their passports without the father's consent, and the children were permitted to travel internationally. Restraining orders were put in place, significantly limiting the father's proximity to the children and their mother, and restricting his communication with them and the mother, except in specific circumstances initiated by the children or mother. The Independent Children's Lawyer was discharged.