MARTIN & PAYNE

This matter came before Tree J concerning parenting orders for children B and C. The dispute involved the arrangements for the children's living, time, and communication with their parents, as well as specific issues relating to travel, name changes, and parental conduct.

The court was required to determine the extent of parental responsibility, the children's primary living arrangements, the schedule for the children spending time with each parent, provisions for communication between the children and the non-resident parent, arrangements for special occasions, and protocols for overseas travel. Additionally, the court needed to address specific issues such as the children's names, access to school and medical information, parental conduct towards each other, dispute resolution mechanisms, and the discharge of the Independent Children's Lawyer.

Tree J made orders establishing equal shared parental responsibility for the children. The children were ordered to live with the Mother, with specific alternate weekend and holiday time arrangements for the Father, contingent on his relocation. The orders also detailed communication protocols, including weekly visual contact, and addressed special occasions like Mother's Day and Father's Day, with provisions for the non-resident parent to spend time with the children on those days. Further orders prohibited name changes, granted both parents access to school and medical information, and restrained them from denigrating each other in the children's presence. The court also mandated family dispute resolution for future disagreements and ordered the discharge of the Independent Children's Lawyer upon confirmation of the Mother's engagement with a psychologist.