Leslie & Arbuthnot

This matter concerned an application by the father for orders regarding time spent with his child, S, born in March 2005. The mother had filed an Amended Response to an Application in a Case, which included applications detailed in paragraphs 5 and 6. The proceedings were heard by Justice Stevenson.

The court was required to determine the terms of the father's time with the child, the conditions under which that time should occur, and specific prohibitions relating to the father's contact with his brother. Additionally, the court had to consider and rule upon the applications made by the mother within her Amended Response.

Justice Stevenson made orders for the child S to spend time with the father on alternate Saturdays and Sundays, as well as on Father's Day, commencing from March 2007. Crucially, all such time was to be supervised by the father's sister-in-law or another mutually agreed person. The court also ordered that the father must ensure the child has no contact with his brother under any circumstances. The mother's applications contained in paragraphs 5 and 6 of her Amended Response were dismissed. The orders also stipulated that particulars of the obligations, consequences of contravention, and available assistance were to be set out in an attached Fact Sheet, which was incorporated into the orders.