NARVA & NARVA

This matter concerned parenting orders, a stay application regarding child support, and property orders made by Judge McGuire. The parties, identified as the husband and wife, sought to resolve their financial and parenting arrangements following separation.

The court was required to determine the specific parenting arrangements for the parties' two children, including issues of equal shared parental responsibility, living arrangements, and time spent with each parent. Additionally, the court had to consider the husband's application for a stay of child support collection and make final property orders, including a lump sum payment and division of assets and liabilities.

Judge McGuire made detailed parenting orders, establishing equal shared parental responsibility and specifying that the children would live with the wife, with defined periods of time spent with the husband, including alternating weekends, mid-week time, school holidays, and specific arrangements for Christmas and Easter. The court also made orders restraining the removal of the children from Australia and directed that their passports be retained by the court. The husband's application for a stay of child support collection was dismissed. In relation to property, the court ordered the husband to pay a lump sum of $344,241.75 to the wife and for a superannuation split of $165,000 in favour of the wife. All other assets and liabilities were to be retained by the party in possession or control, with each party indemnifying the other for liabilities associated with those assets and liabilities incurred since separation. The orders were intended to finally determine the financial relationship between the parties.