Salambo and Olenghi

This matter concerned parenting orders made by Berman J in relation to the child B. The dispute involved the mother and the father, with the court determining the arrangements for the child's residence, time spent with each parent, and decision-making responsibilities.

The court was required to determine the primary issues of who should have sole parental responsibility for the child, where the child should live, and the nature and extent of the father's time with the child. Additionally, the court had to consider the terms of communication between the parents, restrictions on discussing the proceedings with the child or at the child's school, and prohibitions on denigrating the other parent in the child's presence. The court also addressed the father's ability to remove the child from South Australia and the Commonwealth of Australia, and the placement of the child on the Family Law Watch List.

Berman J ordered that the mother have sole parental responsibility for the child and that the child live with the mother. The father was granted supervised time with the child at a children's contact service, with a view to transitioning to unsupervised time. This transition involved the child attending sessions with practitioners to prepare for unsupervised time with the father. The court also made detailed orders regarding the gradual increase in the duration and frequency of the father's time with the child, and specified the locations for handovers. Injunctions were granted to prevent the parties from discussing the proceedings with the child or at the child's school, denigrating each other, and restricting their communication methods. The father was restrained from removing the child from South Australia, and both parents were restrained from removing the child from the Commonwealth of Australia without further court order. The child was placed on the Family Law Watch List.