Kay and Hunter

In the matter of *Kay and Hunter*, heard before John J of the Family Court of Australia, the dispute concerned parenting arrangements for a child. The applicant father sought to withdraw his initiating application, and the respondent mother sought to withdraw her response to that application.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the parties leave to withdraw their respective applications and to release a third party, Ms B Hunter, from a personal undertaking she had provided to supervise contact between the mother and the child. The court also considered the discharge of the Independent Children's Lawyer and the question of costs.

John J granted leave for both the father and the mother to withdraw their filed applications. Consequently, the court ordered that Ms B Hunter be released from her personal undertaking to supervise contact and to return the child to the father in the event of non-compliance by the mother. The appointment of the Independent Children's Lawyer was also discharged. No orders were made as to costs.