Rhodda and Rolfe and Anor

This matter concerned an application before Judge Brown regarding the welfare of a child, X, born in 2010. The dispute involved the child's living arrangements and contact with a maternal great aunt, as well as orders restraining the parties' conduct.

The court was required to determine the primary residence of the child, the terms and conditions under which the maternal great aunt could spend time with the child, and to issue injunctions preventing certain behaviours by the parties. Additionally, the court needed to consider the preparation of a family report to assist in assessing the child's best interests, including specific matters outlined in the *Family Law Act 1975*.

In its reasoning, the court ordered that the child live with the mother. It further directed that the mother and the great aunt undertake a supervised contact program, with the great aunt to bear the costs. The court also imposed significant restrictions on the parties, prohibiting physical discipline, denigration of family members in the child's presence, and the consumption of illicit substances or excessive alcohol, as well as smoking, in the child's presence. A family report was ordered to be prepared by a Regulation 7 practitioner, to address various aspects of the child's welfare and the parties' interactions, with specific sections of the *Family Law Act 1975* to be considered.

The court adjourned further consideration of the matter to a specified date, pending the provision of the family report. The orders also included provisions for the service of documents, the confidentiality of the family report, and noted the potential consequences of publishing identifying information about the proceedings.