TENNISON & VERNEY

In the matter of *Tennison & Verney*, heard by Judge Henderson, the dispute concerned final parenting orders in relation to a child born in 2009. The proceedings were undefended.

The court was required to determine the appropriate final parenting arrangements for the child, including issues of parental responsibility, the child's residence, and the nature and extent of the father's future involvement with the child. Additionally, the court considered applications relating to the child's travel, including removal from an Airport Watch List and the mother's ability to obtain a passport and visas for the child.

Judge Henderson discharged all prior parenting orders and made orders granting the mother sole parental responsibility for the child, with the child to live with the mother. The court further ordered that any time the child spent with the father would be at the mother's sole discretion. The mother was permitted to travel outside of the Commonwealth of Australia as she deemed appropriate and was authorised to apply for a passport and any visas for the child without the father's consent, including signing all necessary documents in his name. The court also ordered the child's name be removed from the Airport Watch List. Pursuant to section 65DA(2) of the *Family Law Act 1975*, the particulars of the obligations and potential consequences of contravention were set out in Attachment A and incorporated into the orders.