ROTH & ROTH

In the matter of *ROTH & ROTH*, heard before Judge Obradovic, the dispute concerned parenting arrangements for two children, [X] and [Y]. The proceedings addressed allegations of an unacceptable risk of harm to the children, the practicalities of time spent with the father, and the issue of costs.

The court was required to determine whether the existing parenting orders should be discharged, who should have parental responsibility for the children, where the children should live, and whether the children should spend any time with the father. Furthermore, the court considered whether injunctive relief was necessary to protect the mother and children, and the appropriate order regarding the mother's costs.

Applying the principles of the *Family Law Act 1975*, particularly in relation to the paramountcy of the children's best interests and the need to protect them from harm, the court found that the father posed an unacceptable risk. Consequently, all previous parenting orders were discharged. The mother was granted sole parental responsibility, and the children were ordered to live with her, spending no time with the father. In addition, an injunction was issued under s 68B of the Act, restraining the father from approaching the mother or children, intimidating or verbally abusing the mother, and denigrating the mother or her family to or in front of the children. The father was also ordered to pay the mother's costs in the sum of $12,770.50.