Marmara and Baccar

In the matter of *Marmara and Baccar*, heard before Faulks DCJ, the court considered orders relating to the parental responsibility, living arrangements, and time spent with the children, H and M. The dispute concerned the future care and welfare of the two children, born in 1998 and 2001 respectively.

The court was required to determine a range of issues including the discharge of previous orders, the allocation of sole parental responsibility, the extent of information sharing between parents, the nature of decision-making regarding the children's welfare, and the specific arrangements for the children's time with each parent, including supervised and unsupervised contact. Further issues included the father's ongoing medical treatment and its impact on his time with the children, as well as provisions for telephone contact.

Faulks DCJ ordered the discharge of all previous orders concerning the children. The mother, Ms Baccar, was granted sole parental responsibility. While the mother retained the right to make final decisions regarding the children's long-term care, welfare, and development, she was ordered to inform the father of serious medical issues, schooling progress, and major life events. The mother was also directed to authorise the children's school and medical professionals to provide information to the father upon request, and to consider consulting with the father on major decisions. The children were ordered to live with their mother. The father's time with the children was to be supervised until H turned 13, with specific arrangements for alternate weekends, school holidays, birthdays, and Christmas. After H turned 13, the father's time was to become unsupervised, subject to his continued acceptance of prescribed psychiatric treatment and provision of information to the mother regarding his health. Provisions were also made for daily telephone contact between the children and the father.