Lai and Sinclair

In the matter of *Lai and Sinclair*, heard before Judge Scarlett, the dispute concerned an application by the mother to vary existing parenting orders made on 20 March 2012. The father had filed a response seeking interim orders to dismiss the mother's application.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the father's application for interim dismissal of the mother's application to vary parenting orders should be granted. This required the court to consider the threshold for dismissing an application at an interim stage, particularly in the context of parenting disputes.

Judge Scarlett dismissed the father's response seeking interim orders to dismiss the mother's application. The court determined that the mother's application should proceed to a final hearing, indicating that the threshold for dismissal had not been met. Consequently, the application to vary the parenting orders will be heard at a future date to be fixed by the court.