Pappas and Anor and Ugapathai

In the matter of *Pappas and Anor and Ugapathai*, heard before Thornton J, the applicants sought orders concerning the parental responsibility and living arrangements for a child. The dispute concerned the future care and upbringing of the child, B, born in 2015.

The court was required to determine the appropriate orders regarding equal shared parental responsibility for the child, and where the child should live. The court also had to consider the method of service of these orders upon the respondent, who resided in Country M.

Thornton J made orders for equal shared parental responsibility for the child B, and that the child live with the applicants. The court further ordered that the applicants' solicitors serve sealed copies of the orders, along with a covering letter explaining them, and certified translations of both documents into Country M language, via registered post to the respondent's addresses in Country M. Additionally, the court incorporated a Fact Sheet detailing the obligations and consequences of contravening the orders, pursuant to sections 65DA(2) and 62B of the relevant legislation. All other extant applications were dismissed.