Suffolk & Suffolk

In the matter of Suffolk & Suffolk, Justice Murphy of the Family Court of Australia made orders concerning parenting arrangements for a child born in May 2006. The dispute involved the father's time with the child, pending a psychiatric assessment.

The court was required to determine the specific terms of the father's time with the child, including the duration and collection/delivery arrangements. Additionally, the court needed to address the supervision of these parenting orders, the preparation of a family report, and the publication of a psychiatric report.

Justice Murphy ordered that the father would spend time with the child on a specified schedule, alternating between weekend and extended weekend arrangements, with collection and delivery at the mother's residence security gates. Compliance with these orders was to be supervised by a Family Consultant. The parties were also ordered to participate in a process to produce a family report and were granted liberty to provide minutes of consent regarding special days via email. Leave was granted to publish a psychiatric report to the Family Consultant, subject to the exceptions in section 121(9)(g) of the *Family Law Act 1975*. The orders also incorporated a Fact Sheet detailing obligations, consequences of contravention, and assistance available to parties.