SKINNER & SKINNER

In *Skinner & Skinner*, the Family Court of Australia considered an application concerning the parenting arrangements for two children. The dispute involved the father's time with the children and specific restrictions to be placed on his interactions with them.

The court was required to determine the appropriate schedule for the father's unsupervised time with the children and whether an injunction should be granted to prevent him from inquiring about the children's residential address or discussing the proceedings with them. The court also needed to decide on the future course of the proceedings.

The court ordered that the father spend unsupervised time with the children each alternate Saturday afternoon, with handovers to occur at a designated children's contact centre. Crucially, an injunction was issued restraining the father from asking the children about their residential address or discussing the court proceedings with them. This order was made to provide assurance to the mother, rather than on the basis of past conduct. The court adjourned further consideration of the matter to a specified date, granting the respondent's solicitor leave to appear by telephone.