RIZZO & GRIEVE

The case of *Rizzo & Grieve* concerned orders made by Judge Harman in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. The dispute involved parenting arrangements for three children, X, Y, and Z. The orders detailed the allocation of parental responsibility, living arrangements for the children, and the extent of the father's contact and communication with them.

The court was required to determine the specific terms of parenting orders, including sole parental responsibility, the children's residence, and the father's time and communication with the children. Additionally, the court addressed the father's ability to communicate with the children and his future liberty to apply to the court for changes to the orders, contingent upon his completion of rehabilitation programs and demonstrated abstinence from drugs and alcohol. The court also made orders regarding the protection of the mother and children, including restraining orders with the power of arrest attached.

Judge Harman made orders reflecting the terms of Exhibit ICL1. These orders stipulated that the mother would have sole parental responsibility and that the children would live with her. The father was ordered to spend no time with the children and to have no communication with them, except for the limited ability to send letters, cards, photographs, and gifts four times per year, plus on birthdays and at Christmas, via ordinary post. The father was also restrained from approaching within 100 metres of the children's home, schools, or the maternal grandparents' home, and from communicating with the children by telephone, internet, or through a third party, except as specifically permitted. These restraining orders were made under section 68B of the *Family Law Act 1975* and carried the power of arrest under section 68C. The father was permitted to apply to the court for further orders only after completing specific drug and alcohol rehabilitation and family violence counselling programs, and demonstrating two years of abstinence. The court also ordered the removal of all issues from the hearing list and the return or destruction of exhibits and subpoenaed material upon the expiration of the appeal period without an appeal being lodged.