Meadows & Meadows (No. 8)

In *Meadows & Meadows (No. 8)*, Ms Meadows, the applicant, sought personal protection orders against Mr Meadows, the respondent, under section 68B of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth). The application was heard by Rees J.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the best interests of the child necessitated the making of orders restraining the father from harassing or menacing the child, or from monitoring, listening to, or taking notes of the child’s conversations with the mother.

Rees J dismissed the application, finding that the mother had not demonstrated that the best interests of the child required the orders sought. The court noted that the mother had recorded conversations and informed the child of these recordings. Consequently, the application for orders under section 68B was dismissed, and the remaining consequential orders sought by the mother were also dismissed as a result.