Jofeh and Jofeh

In the matter of *Jofeh and Jofeh*, Loughnan J heard proceedings concerning a dispute between the parents regarding their child. The father sought interim orders to prevent the child's removal from Australia and to secure any existing passport.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the father's application for interim orders. Specifically, the court considered the necessity of restraining the mother from removing the child from Australia, placing the child's name on an airport watch list, requiring the surrender of the child's passport, and preventing the mother from applying for a new passport for the child.

Loughnan J made orders in terms of paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 of the father's Initiating Application. These orders included restraining the respondent mother from removing the child from the Commonwealth of Australia, directing the Australian Federal Police to place the child's name on the airport watch list, ordering the immediate surrender of any passport belonging to the child to the Registrar, and restraining the respondent from applying for a passport for the child or in her name and the child's name. The proceedings were adjourned to the Registrar's List for further directions, and the parties were ordered to attend mediation.