Materanzi and Suskain (No 2)

In *Materanzi and Suskain (No 2)*, Forrest J of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia considered an application for the appointment of a case guardian for the Respondent Mother. The specific nature of the underlying dispute between the parties is not detailed in the provided text, beyond the fact that it involved family law proceedings.

The central legal issue before the court was whether to grant the oral application made by the Respondent Mother's counsel for the appointment of a case guardian to represent her interests in the proceedings.

Forrest J refused the application. While the reasons for this refusal are not elaborated upon in the provided text, the decision indicates that the court determined that the threshold or criteria for appointing a case guardian were not met in this instance.

Consequently, the court made no order appointing a case guardian for the Respondent Mother.