Morrissey and Morrissey

In the matter of *Morrissey and Morrissey*, heard by Cronin J, the father sought to enforce consent orders made on 10 March 2009, which had been contravened. The dispute concerned the father's supervised contact with the child, J.

The court was required to determine whether the father had contravened the existing consent orders and, if so, what orders should be made in light of the circumstances. The court also considered the appropriate arrangements for the father's future contact with J.

Cronin J dismissed the father's application for contravention. The court suspended paragraphs 4 and 8 of the original consent orders and ordered the parties to enrol at the Gordoncare Contact Service for supervised contact between the father and J, ideally on a fortnightly basis. The court further stipulated that during supervised contact, only the father and his other child, K, could be present. Any future applications by the father to vary these orders were to be expedited.