Murray and Stewart

This matter concerned an application before Forrest J in the Family Court of Australia. The dispute involved parenting orders concerning a child, B, born in 2007, and the father's application for further orders due to the mother's alleged contravention of existing orders.

The court was required to determine how the existing parenting orders for the child's time with his father should be implemented following a period of non-compliance, and to address the location for the child's changeovers between parents. The court also needed to consider the father's application for further orders arising from the mother's alleged contravention.

Forrest J ordered that the time the child was to spend with his father, as previously ordered on 6 May 2013, would commence afresh from 23 November 2013 and proceed according to the existing provisions, with a modification to the changeover location. The changeovers were to occur at the reception desk inside the Suburb D Police Station, rather than the Suburb C Shopping Centre. The father's application for further orders concerning the mother's contravention was adjourned for further mention, with directions for the filing and service of any further applications and supporting evidence by the father.