Plunkett and Perkins

In *Plunkett and Perkins*, heard before Judge Altobelli, the dispute concerned parenting orders and the respondent's compliance with them. The applicant sought variation of existing orders and costs, while the respondent faced potential sanctions for non-compliance.

The court was required to determine whether the respondent had breached the existing parenting orders and, if so, what orders should be made in response. This included considering the appropriate penalty for non-compliance and whether the existing orders regarding the father's contact with the children should be varied to ensure greater certainty and prevent future breaches.

Judge Altobelli found that the respondent had failed to comply with the parenting orders. Consequently, the court ordered the respondent to enter into a two-year bond, conditional on compliance with all parenting orders and good behaviour. The application for costs was dismissed. Furthermore, existing orders were varied to replace the phrase "subject to the father’s work commitments" with "unless the father indicates to the mother not less than seven days beforehand that he is unavailable," thereby clarifying the conditions for the father's unavailability for contact.