Tamberdun and Tamberdun

This case involved an application concerning parenting and financial orders between the parties, Tamberdun and Tamberdun. The proceedings were before Loughnan J.

The court was required to determine various issues relating to the child's living arrangements, including specific schedules for time spent with each parent, arrangements for school holidays, and procedures for changeovers. Additionally, the court considered orders concerning the child's welfare, such as prohibitions on physical discipline, discussions about proceedings, and denigration of a parent. The court also addressed the appointment of a single expert witness to report on matters concerning the child's welfare, including potential risks of harm, the child's views, parental capacity, and the impact of different parenting arrangements. Financial matters included spouse maintenance, the management of property and shares, and health insurance.

The court made a series of consent orders regarding the child's living arrangements, detailing specific times and days the child would spend with each parent, with provisions for school holidays and changeovers. Further orders were made concerning the child's welfare, including restraints on certain behaviours and the appointment of a child and family psychiatrist as a single expert witness to investigate and report on the child's welfare. The court also made orders regarding the payment of the expert's fees and the facilitation of the report. Financial orders included provisions for spouse maintenance, the husband's obligations regarding the mortgage and outgoings for a property, and the payment of weekly maintenance. The court also made orders restraining the husband from altering or disposing of certain assets without the wife's consent and requiring the closure and division of a foreign bank account and the liquidation and division of a share portfolio.

The court ordered that the husband pay expenses related to the wife's motor vehicle and that the wife make personalty items available to a person nominated by the husband. Otherwise, the applications for interim parenting and financial orders were dismissed, and the proceedings were allocated to the first date of the Less Adversarial Trial.