Ongal and Materns (No. 2)

In *Ongal and Materns (No. 2)*, Dawe J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered applications filed by both the mother and the father concerning parenting arrangements. The dispute centred on applications made by the mother on 27 February 2014 and by the father on 7 May 2014 and 10 June 2014, which sought to establish or vary parenting orders.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether to grant the parenting orders sought by the parties. This required the court to assess the best interests of the child, as mandated by the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth), in determining the appropriate parenting arrangements.

Dawe J dismissed all applications made by both the mother and the father. The court's reasoning, though not detailed in the provided text, led to the conclusion that the orders sought were not in the best interests of the child. Consequently, the applications were removed from the active pending cases list.