JANSSEN & JANSSEN

In the matter of *Janssen & Janssen*, heard before Judge Scarlett, the dispute concerned parenting orders for three children. The court was required to determine the appropriate arrangements for the children's living situation, parental responsibility, and time spent with each parent, in light of earlier orders that were to be suspended.

The central legal issues before the court were the allocation of sole parental responsibility, the determination of where the children would live, the nature and extent of the father's communication with the children, and the arrangements for the children to spend time with the father, including the necessity and duration of supervision.

Judge Scarlett made orders suspending all earlier parenting orders. The mother was granted sole parental responsibility for the three children, and they were ordered to live with her. The father was granted limited telephone communication with the children on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and permitted to send birthday cards and gifts via the mother's solicitors. The court also made specific orders for the children to spend time with the father on alternate Saturdays, initially supervised and then with ongoing supervision, until further order.