Seaford and Seaford (No. 2)

In *Seaford and Seaford (No. 2)*, Mushin J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the husband filed on 5 January 2007. The precise nature of the dispute is not detailed, but it concerned a child born in September 2006 and involved parenting orders.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the husband's application and how to address any existing parenting orders in place between the parties concerning the child. The court also had to consider the future listing of the proceedings.

Mushin J dismissed the husband's application. The court further ordered that any existing parenting order concerning the child could only be varied by written agreement signed by both parties. The proceedings were removed from the list of cases awaiting hearing, and it was certified that the matter reasonably required the attendance of counsel.