Jefferson & Masek (No 3)

In the matter of *Jefferson & Masek (No 3)*, the applicant mother, Ms Jefferson, and the respondent father, Mr Masek, brought proceedings before Young J concerning their child, W, born in 2007. The core of the dispute revolved around the immediate care and custody of the child.

The court was required to determine the appropriate orders regarding the child's delivery to the father, the disposition of the father's initiating application, and the procedural steps for the mother to formally commence her own application as the applicant in the proceedings. Further, the court needed to set timelines for the filing of subsequent affidavits and to schedule a date for a *Rice & Asplund* argument.

Young J ordered that the mother deliver the child W to the father forthwith. The father's initiating application was dismissed, and the mother's response was to stand as the initiating application, with the mother designated as the applicant. The court then set deadlines for the filing of further affidavits by both parties and adjourned the proceedings for a *Rice & Asplund* argument. The judgment also noted the prohibition under section 121 of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth) against publishing identifying details of family law proceedings.