O’NEILL & HAYLEY (No.2)

This matter concerned parenting orders made by Judge Harman in relation to the children X and Y. The dispute involved the father, Mr O'Neill, and the mother, concerning the children's living arrangements, parental responsibility, and time spent with each parent.

The court was required to determine the specific orders regarding parental responsibility, the children's primary residence, and the detailed arrangements for the children to spend time with each parent. This included provisions for regular weekend and mid-week contact, school holidays, birthdays, and communication between the parents and children. The court also addressed the parents' rights to access school information and medical records, and the procedures for advising each other of significant events concerning the children.

Judge Harman made orders granting the father parental responsibility and determining that the children shall live with him. The orders then set out a comprehensive schedule for the children to spend time with their mother, including specific arrangements for alternate weekends, mid-week contact, school holidays, birthdays, and Mother's Day and Father's Day weekends. Further orders stipulated that each parent would be entitled to telephone the children daily and that both parents would be recorded as emergency contacts at the children's school, with full access to school information. The court also ordered that each parent must advise the other of any significant illness, injury, or hospitalisation of the children and consult on any treatment. The orders included a reference to a Fact Sheet detailing the obligations and consequences of contravention, pursuant to sections 65DA(2) and 62B of the relevant legislation. All outstanding applications and responses were dismissed, and provisions were made for the return or destruction of exhibits and subpoenaed material upon the expiration of the appeal period.