SUKURAMAN & KEMAL

In the matter of *Sukuraman & Kemal*, Hogan J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application for review of an order made by the Principal Registrar on 11 December 2014. The dispute concerned arrangements for a child's time with the father.

The court was required to determine whether to uphold the Principal Registrar's order or to vary it. Specifically, the court considered the terms of the order relating to supervised contact between the child and the father, including the process for arranging and attending intake sessions at a contact centre and the compliance with the centre's rules and staff directions.

Hogan J dismissed the application for review of the Principal Registrar's order. However, the court varied the existing orders to provide more detailed and specific directions regarding the supervised contact. These variations included explicit obligations for each parent to contact and attend intake sessions at the Contact Centre, to accept offered sessions, and to facilitate the commencement of the child's time with the father according to the centre's availability. The court also granted leave for the Independent Children’s Lawyer to provide information to the Contact Centre and for the father to obtain information from specific government services.