SALMON & SALMON

This matter concerned an application for property settlement and parenting orders. The applicant wife sought orders regarding the property of the marriage and the care of the parties' child, X. The respondent husband did not attend the final hearing.

The court was required to determine the appropriate interim parenting orders for the child X, considering the child's best interests and parental responsibility. The court also noted its lack of jurisdiction to make parenting orders in relation to a child who had attained the age of 18 years, specifically in relation to child Y.

The court made interim orders concerning the sole parental responsibility for long-term decisions regarding child X, that child X live with the applicant wife, and specific communication arrangements between the respondent husband and child X. The court also made orders regarding the passports of child X and restrained both parties from removing child X from Australia, requesting the Australian Federal Police place child X on the Airport Watch List. The court ordered the respondent to pay the applicant's costs of the day due to his non-attendance at the hearing. The application was adjourned for further mention.