Sukuraman and Kemal

In the matter of *Sukuraman and Kemal*, heard before Forrest J, the dispute concerned competing applications for final parenting orders. The case involved allegations of an intention to remove a child, D, from the Commonwealth of Australia, necessitating urgent judicial intervention.

The court was required to determine whether to grant interim orders restraining the removal of the child, D, from Australia and to consider the appropriate measures to ensure D's presence within the jurisdiction pending final parenting orders. The court also had to address the father's obligation to provide documentation for the child's passport.

Forrest J applied principles of family law concerning the paramountcy of the child's welfare and the need to prevent international parental child abduction. The court found it necessary to make orders restraining both parents and the child from leaving the Commonwealth of Australia. To give effect to these orders, the court requested the Australian Federal Police to place the child's name on the Family Law Watchlist. Furthermore, the father was ordered to sign all necessary documents for the issuance of a passport for the child. The mother's application filed on 21 March 2016 was otherwise dismissed.