Malik and Malik (No 2)

In *Malik and Malik (No 2)*, Hannam J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the father for orders that the child, born in 2005, live with him. The proceedings were heard in the Family Court of Australia.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether to grant the father's application for the child to live with him. The court also had to determine the appropriate registry for the proceedings and the continuation of existing interim orders.

Hannam J dismissed the father's application for the child to live with him. The court ordered that the proceedings be transferred to the Newcastle Registry of the Family Court of Australia. Interim orders made on 22 May 2015 were continued until further order. The father was granted liberty to restore other matters sought in his application to an appropriate list in the Newcastle Registry if he wished to pursue them.