TAYLOR & JESSUP

This matter concerned an application before Ainslie-Wallace J in the Family Court of Australia, involving the parents, Taylor and Jessup, and their children. The dispute centred on arrangements for the children's living situation and time spent with each parent.

The court was required to determine the primary residence of the children and to establish a detailed schedule for their time with both the mother and the father, including provisions for school terms, school holidays, and specific dates. Further issues included communication arrangements between the mother and children, the geographical location of the children, and the exchange of personal contact details between the parents. The court also considered the appointment of an Independent Children's Lawyer and restrictions on counselling for the children.

Ainslie-Wallace J made orders establishing that the children would live with the father. The orders then set out specific arrangements for the mother to deliver the children to the father and detailed alternating schedules for the children to spend time with the mother, depending on whether the mother resided in or near the father's location. These arrangements included provisions for school terms, school holidays, Christmas, and communication methods. The court also ordered that neither parent could remove the children from the local area without consent, required the exchange of contact details, appointed an Independent Children's Lawyer, and restrained either parent from taking the children to counselling without the consent of the other parent and the Independent Children's Lawyer.