Krill and Crawley and Anor

The matter of *Krill and Crawley and Anor* concerned an application before Strickland J. The precise nature of the dispute is not fully detailed, but the orders indicate it involved child contact arrangements and the mental health and drug use of the mother. The parties involved appear to be the applicant maternal grandmother, the mother, and potentially the children, with the Independent Children's Lawyer playing a role in facilitating contact.

The court was required to determine the appropriate arrangements for supervised child contact, the mother's compliance with therapeutic requirements, and the allocation of costs associated with these arrangements. Specifically, the court needed to consider whether additional supervised contact sessions were necessary and what conditions should be imposed on the mother regarding her engagement with health professionals.

Strickland J ordered four additional supervised contact sessions at the Anglicare Contact Centre during October and November, with the Independent Children's Lawyer to arrange the timing. The mother was directed to file and serve reports from her general practitioner regarding her mental health and from a counsellor at the Drug and Alcohol Service concerning her current attendance and engagement. The mother was also ordered to bear the costs of these additional supervised contact sessions and to authorise her solicitors to pay a sum of $260.00 to the applicant maternal grandmother in four equal instalments prior to each session. Further consideration of the case was adjourned to 6 November 2008.