Reynolds and Walls

In the matter of *Reynolds and Walls*, heard before Tree J, the dispute concerned parenting orders for a child born in 2008. The orders addressed the child's living arrangements, parental responsibility, and communication between the parents.

The court was required to determine the specific terms of parenting orders, including where the child would live, the allocation of parental responsibility, and the nature and extent of communication and contact between the parents and the child. The court also considered the role of an Independent Children's Lawyer and the dismissal of extant applications.

Tree J ordered that the child live with the Mother and that the Mother have sole parental responsibility. However, the Mother was directed to keep the Father informed about the child's education, extra-curricular activities, health, and any changes to living arrangements, with specific communication protocols outlined. The Father was permitted to send gifts and letters on certain occasions, with restrictions on the content of any written messages. The Mother was to facilitate communication if the child wished to contact the Father, and both parents were ordered to communicate via a specified app and refrain from denigrating each other. The Independent Children's Lawyer was to be discharged upon the expiry of the appeal period or determination of any appeal, and all other applications were dismissed.