Morton and Quigley

The case of *Morton and Quigley* concerned a dispute between a father and mother regarding their child. The father had filed an Amended Initiating Application on 16 October 2015, which was subsequently struck out by the court. The court was required to determine issues relating to parental responsibility, the child's living arrangements, and the extent of the father's contact with the child, as well as the father's conduct towards the mother and child.

The court's reasoning led to several orders being made. Firstly, the father's Amended Initiating Application was struck out for want of prosecution, indicating a failure to proceed with the matter. Secondly, the mother was granted sole parental responsibility for the child. The court further ordered that the child live with the mother.

In addition to these arrangements, the court issued injunctions restraining the father from being in the company of or spending time with the child. The father was also restrained from approaching, harassing, assaulting, or threatening the mother or the child. The order appointing an Independent Children’s Lawyer was discharged, and the proceedings were removed from the active pending list of cases.