KEYNES & KEYNES

In the matter of *Keynes & Keynes*, heard before Judge Scarlett, the applicant mother sought interim parenting orders concerning the parties' two young sons, born in 2008 and 2009. A significant aspect of the dispute involved the mother's request for an order that the father vacate the matrimonial home, with the court considering the means and needs of the parties in relation to this request.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the mother exclusive occupation of the matrimonial home and, if so, for what period. Additionally, the court had to make interim orders regarding parental responsibility, the children's living arrangements, and the time the children would spend with each parent, all within the overarching consideration of the children's best interests.

Judge Scarlett ordered that the applicant mother be entitled to occupy the matrimonial home to the exclusion of the respondent father, with the father to vacate the property within two months of the orders. The court also made orders for equal shared parental responsibility for the children, stipulating that the children were to live with the mother. The judgment then detailed a comprehensive schedule for the children's time with the father during school terms and holidays, including specific arrangements for birthdays and changeovers between parents. Further orders prohibited physical discipline, mandated notification of illness or injury, and restrained derogatory remarks about the other parent in the children's presence.