Lolos & Lolos

This matter concerned an application before Bennett J in the Family Court of Australia, brought by the mother, seeking to discharge a previous order concerning the safekeeping of her children's passports. The father had filed a response to this application.

The central legal issue before the court was whether to discharge an order made on 19 February 2009, which stipulated that upon the issuance of new Australian passports for the children, the father's practitioners were to lodge the passports with the Registrar of the Court for safekeeping. The mother sought the discharge of this order.

Bennett J ordered the discharge of the previous order concerning the safekeeping of the children's passports. The court further ordered that upon the issuance of new passports for the children, the father's practitioners were permitted to make photocopies of these passports before sending the originals to the mother at her specified address. The mother's application filed on 21 January 2009 and the father's response filed on 10 February 2009 were otherwise dismissed and removed from the Active Pending Cases List. Reasons for judgment were to be transcribed and provided to the parties.