Secco and Reid

In *Secco and Reid*, heard before Gill J, the dispute concerned the location and parental responsibility of a child born in 2005. The mother had retained the child outside of Australia, leading to the father seeking orders for the child's return and the reinstatement of previous consent orders regarding parental responsibility.

The court was required to determine whether the child should be returned to Sydney, Australia, and to what extent existing consent orders, previously suspended, should be reinstated. Additionally, the court needed to consider the interim arrangements for parental responsibility and communication between the parents and the child pending the child's return.

Gill J ordered that the mother must arrange for the child to be returned to Sydney, Australia, by 26 April 2017. The court further ordered the reinstatement of specific clauses from consent orders made on 16 December 2009, which had been suspended on 13 December 2013, effective from the child's return or 26 April 2017, whichever occurred first. Interim provisions were established, granting the mother sole parental responsibility and permitting her to retain the child outside Australia until the return date, with specific notification requirements regarding travel and medical treatments. The father was granted communication rights with the child during this interim period, and upon the child's return, the mother was also granted communication rights. The matter was adjourned for further directions.