STRAHAN & LIDDY

In the matter of *Strahan & Liddy*, heard by Judge Scarlett, the dispute concerned interim parenting orders for a five-year-old child. The mother sought orders for supervised time for the father, alleging concerns about the child's exposure to an older male cousin while in the father's care, and also claimed the father suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder. The mother also sought to place the child's name on the Family Law Watch List and sought orders regarding parental responsibility. The father, meanwhile, sought to take the child overseas for a holiday. The parties had also recently had a second child, in respect of whom no specific orders were sought.

The court was required to determine the appropriate interim parenting arrangements for the child, including the nature of the father's time with the child, the extent of parental responsibility, and whether the child should be placed on the Family Law Watch List. The court also needed to consider the father's application to travel internationally with the child and the mother's concerns regarding the child's safety and exposure to certain individuals.

Judge Scarlett made orders establishing equal shared parental responsibility for major long-term issues, with each parent having sole responsibility for day-to-day decisions during their respective periods of care. The child was ordered to live with the mother, with specific time arrangements for the father, including provisions for school holidays and birthdays. Crucially, the father was restrained from bringing the child into contact with a specific cousin, and both parents were restrained from removing the child from the Commonwealth of Australia, with a request for the child's name to be placed on the Family Law Watch List for two years. The court also ordered the enrolment of the child at a specific school.