Kader and Winchester

This matter concerned an application before Judge Egan regarding parenting orders for a child born in 2015. The dispute involved the mother and father of the child, with the court making orders pending a final determination of the proceedings.

The court was required to determine issues relating to parental responsibility, the child's residence, the mother's mental health support, the father's contact with the child, and the preparation of updated family reports. Additionally, the court addressed the parents' participation in parenting programs, prohibitions against denigration, and the prevention of the child's removal from Australia.

In its reasoning, the court ordered that pending further determination, the mother would have sole parental responsibility for the child, with specific communication protocols for decision-making between the parents. The child was ordered to live with the mother. The mother was directed to obtain a mental health plan and attend counselling with a psychologist, with provisions for the psychologist to receive relevant court documents and for the family report writer to contact the mother's psychologist. The parents were ordered to attend a contact centre for intake and to meet associated costs. The child was to spend time with the father, initially supervised by the contact centre, with a progressive increase in duration and a shift to external supervision after a specified number of occasions. The court also mandated staggered arrival and departure times at the contact centre to minimise parental interaction. Further, the parents were ordered to attend upon Ms A for an updated family report after a certain number of contact occasions, and both parents were required to enrol in a Post-Separation Parenting Orders Program. An injunction was granted restraining either parent from removing the child from Australia, and law enforcement was empowered to place the child on the Airport Watch List.