Keightley and Keightley (No 4)

In the matter of *Keightley and Keightley (No 4)*, Justice Dawe of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application by the father alleging contravention of court orders by the mother, and cross-applications by the mother alleging contravention by the father. The dispute concerned the parties' compliance with orders made on 7 December 2009, which likely related to parenting arrangements.

The primary legal issues before the Court were whether the mother had contravened paragraph 25 of the 7 December 2009 order, and whether the father had contravened paragraphs 26 and 29 of the same order. The Court was required to determine if any contraventions had occurred and, in the case of the father, whether any such contraventions were without reasonable excuse.

Justice Dawe dismissed the father's application, finding that the mother had not contravened paragraph 25 of the order. However, the Court found that the father had contravened paragraphs 26 and 29 of the order without reasonable excuse. Consequently, the Court adjourned the applications for submissions on the sanctions to be imposed for the father's contraventions and listed the matter for further hearing.