Taebke and Taebke

In the matter of *Taebke and Taebke*, Rees J of the Family Court of Australia made orders concerning the parental responsibility and living arrangements for a child, C, born in 2007. The dispute involved the parents, Ms Taebke (the mother) and the father, regarding the future care and contact arrangements for their child.

The court was required to determine the most appropriate orders for the child's welfare, specifically addressing issues of parental responsibility, the child's residence, the nature and extent of the mother's contact with the child, and measures to prevent the child's removal from Australia. The court also considered the need to restrain certain conduct by the mother and to ensure compliance with its orders.

Rees J ordered that the father have sole parental responsibility for C and that C live with the father. The mother was granted limited supervised contact, for up to two hours on the first Sunday of each month in Sydney, facilitated by an accredited supervision service. The mother was also restrained from attending the child's school and from approaching or contacting the father or child except to facilitate the court's orders. Crucially, the mother was enjoined from removing or attempting to remove C from the Commonwealth of Australia for six years, with a request for the Australian Federal Police to place C on the Family Law Watchlist. All previous orders and outstanding applications were dismissed.