LENARDI & LENARDI

In *Lenardi & Lenardi*, Collier J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia made orders concerning the parenting of two children, J and B. The dispute involved the arrangements for the children's living arrangements, parental responsibility, and communication between the parents.

The court was required to determine the most appropriate parenting orders for the children, considering their best interests. This involved deciding on the division of parental responsibility, the time the children would spend with each parent, and specific provisions regarding their education, sporting activities, communication, and general welfare.

Collier J discharged all previous parenting orders and made new orders establishing equal shared parental responsibility, with specific carve-outs for the father's sole responsibility for sporting activities and the mother's sole responsibility for academic activities, with a caveat preventing the mother from unilaterally changing the children's schools. The court also made detailed provisions for the children's time with each parent, including complex arrangements for school terms and holidays, as well as orders regarding communication, discipline, and the exchange of information between the parents. All outstanding applications and cross-applications relating to parenting issues were dismissed.