Kawediya and Dhiri

The parties to this matter were the applicant wife and the respondent husband, with Justice Bennett presiding in the court. The dispute concerned parenting orders for a child born in December 2003. The proceedings concluded by consent, with the parties agreeing to final orders that discharged all previous parenting orders and established new arrangements for shared parental responsibility, the child's living arrangements, and the husband's time with the child.

The court was required to determine the terms of the consent orders governing the parenting arrangements for the child. These included provisions regarding the wife's restraint from causing the child to attend certain professionals or health services without the husband's consent or further court order, and restraints on discussing allegations with the child or in the child's presence. The orders also addressed communication between the parents regarding their addresses, restrictions on excessive alcohol consumption by the husband during his time with the child, and the husband's access to school notices and attendance at school activities.

The court's reasoning was based on the consent of the parties, as evidenced by the minutes of consent orders. The orders themselves reflect a detailed framework for the child's time with each parent, including a phased approach to unsupervised time, specific arrangements for holidays and birthdays, and provisions for supervised contact at the initial stages. Notably, the orders included significant restraints on the wife concerning the child's attendance at certain health professionals and a broad restraint on both parents removing the child from the Commonwealth of Australia, with the child's name to be placed on the Airport Watch list. The court also directed the parties to seek therapeutic assistance from specific clinics for the implementation of the orders.