Ronquillo and Corona

This matter concerned an application by the father, Mr Corona, and the mother, Ms Ronquillo, regarding their child, Y. The court was required to determine the terms of the child's time with the father and to make orders concerning parentage testing.

The legal issues before the court were the appropriate arrangements for the child's time with the father, including a phased increase in the duration of that time, and the necessity and conditions for DNA parentage testing to determine if Mr Corona is the parent of a younger child, L. The court also considered the provision of therapy for the child to assist with transitions between parents and the allocation of costs associated with these arrangements.

Hannam J discharged previous orders and made new orders for the child Y to spend time with the father, Mr Corona. These orders established a progressive increase in the duration of the child's time with the father over a period of 18 weeks, commencing with 2-hour sessions and gradually extending to 6-hour sessions each Saturday. The court also ordered that changeovers occur at a specified contact centre and that both parents obtain referrals for the child to engage in therapy with Dr V to assist with transitions, with costs to be shared equally. Crucially, the court ordered that pursuant to section 69W of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth), the parties were to submit to DNA parentage testing by Genetic Technologies to determine if Mr Corona is the parent of the younger child, L. The court set out detailed conditions for this testing under section 69X of the Act, including the initial sharing of costs and the specific obligations of both the father and the mother in facilitating the DNA sampling process.