MCCARTHY & MCCARTHY

In the matter of *McCarthy & McCarthy*, Judge Scarlett of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application concerning parenting orders for a child, X, born in 2005. The dispute involved the father's time with the child, with specific conditions and adjustments to existing orders.

The court was required to determine the terms of parenting orders, including the specific times the child would spend with the father, the location for changeovers between parents, and the conditions to be attached to the father's time with the child, particularly in light of his mental health management.

Judge Scarlett discharged an existing order and made new orders for the child to spend time with the father on Saturday afternoons. Crucially, the court mandated that changeovers occur at a specific public location and imposed a condition that the father must continue to attend his general medical practitioner monthly and comply with treatment recommendations for his mental health. By consent of the parties, certain weekends were adjusted, with substitute time allocated on Sundays. The application was otherwise adjourned for further mention.