MEDRANO & MEDRANO

This matter concerned parenting arrangements and property settlement between the parties, Mr and Mrs Medrano, as determined by Tree J. The dispute involved the children, J and B, and the former matrimonial home.

The court was required to determine the extent of shared parental responsibility for the children's major long-term issues, including their education, health, and living arrangements. Additionally, the court needed to establish specific time arrangements for the father to spend with the children, address the future schooling of one child, and regulate the permanent relocation of the children. The court also had to make orders regarding the sale of the former matrimonial property and the valuation of the applicant's business.

Tree J ordered that the parties have equal shared parental responsibility for the children's major long-term issues, with the children to live with the Mother. The Father was granted time with the children on alternate weekends and half of each school holiday. Orders were made for the Mother to enrol child B in a specific school and for neither parent to relocate the children outside a defined district without consent or court order. The court also mandated communication protocols between the parents regarding the children's welfare and travel, and included provisions for respectful communication and prohibitions on drug use and exceeding alcohol limits when the children are in their care. The former matrimonial property was ordered to be listed for sale, with detailed provisions for its preparation, sale by private treaty or auction, and distribution of proceeds. The applicant's business was to be valued.