LEXTON & LEXTON

In Lexton & Lexton, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia made interim parenting orders concerning discrete issues, supplementing final orders previously made on 5 November 2019. The dispute involved the father's time with the children, X (born 2009) and Y (born 2005), particularly during school holidays and special occasions, as well as specific arrangements for X's travel to school.

The court was required to determine the specific arrangements for the children's time with the father during Christmas holidays and other school holidays, and to address the father's role in X's daily school travel. Additionally, the court needed to consider restrictions on each parent attending the children's school.

Judge Altobelli made orders that provided for the children to spend time with the father during specific periods of the Christmas/New Year school holidays and on Boxing Day each year, while Christmas Eve would be spent with the mother. The court also ordered that the father ensure X is delivered to school by himself or a nominee, and not by public transport, until X commences high school, unless X's residence is within 400 metres of the school. Each parent was restrained from attending the children's school except for normal parental functions or for the purpose of taking or collecting the children as per the orders. The matter was listed for a two-day final hearing.