Oakley and Oakley

In *Oakley and Oakley*, heard before Judge Young, the court was tasked with determining parenting orders concerning five children. The dispute centred on arrangements for the children's living situation, time spent with each parent, and decision-making responsibilities, particularly concerning health matters.

The legal issues before the court included the allocation of parental responsibility, the specific schedule for the children to live with the mother and spend time with the father, and the framework for making major long-term decisions about the children's education, religious and cultural upbringing, living arrangements, and health. The court also had to consider provisions for communication between parents and children, travel arrangements, and the resolution of disagreements regarding health decisions.

The court ordered that the parties have equal shared parental responsibility for the children, with the exception of health matters. The children were ordered to live with the mother, with detailed provisions for the father's time with them, including specific holiday arrangements and provisions for special days. The court established a process for joint decision-making on major long-term issues, with a specific mechanism for resolving disagreements on health decisions, ultimately granting the mother the final decision-making power if agreement could not be reached. Further orders addressed communication, travel, and injunctions to prevent denigration and discussion of proceedings with the children. The court also included a notation acknowledging the eldest child's wishes regarding living arrangements and time spent with parents, and clarified changeover times during school holidays.