Kearns and Kearns

In *Kearns and Kearns*, heard by Judge Scarlett, the dispute concerned parenting orders for a child born in 2001. The orders addressed issues of parental responsibility, the child's living arrangements, and the time the child would spend with each parent. The court also made orders regarding the practicalities of changeovers between parents and imposed injunctions restraining the parties from entering each other's residences and from criticising or denigrating the other parent in the child's presence.

The court was required to determine the most appropriate parenting arrangements for the child, considering the principles of equal shared parental responsibility and the child's best interests. This involved deciding where the child would live and the specific arrangements for the child to spend time with the non-resident parent. Furthermore, the court had to consider the necessity and scope of injunctive relief to protect the child and the parties from further conflict.

The court ordered equal shared parental responsibility for the child, with the child to live with the father. The mother was granted specific time with the child, including alternate weekends and a period over Christmas. The orders also stipulated the method of changeovers between parents and included injunctions preventing each parent from entering the other's residence, from denigrating the other parent in the child's presence, and from using physical discipline on the child. These orders were made until further order of the court.