Major and Livingstone

In the matter of *Major and Livingstone*, heard by Judge Brown of the Federal Circuit Court, the dispute concerned the interim care arrangements for a child, X. The father was ordered to deliver the child to the Child Dispute Resolution section of the court.

The court was required to determine the interim living arrangements for the child and to facilitate a family dispute resolution conference. The parties were also to attend this conference with a family dispute resolution practitioner to discuss the child's care, welfare, and development, with observations of each party with the child to be included.

Judge Brown ordered that following the dispute resolution conference, further consideration of the matter would be adjourned for an interim hearing. During this adjournment period, the child was to live with the paternal grandmother and spend time with both the mother and father as agreed between them. The reasons for today's decision were to be transcribed and provided to the parties.