Thomas and Alley

This matter concerned parenting orders made by Judge Phipps concerning the child X. The dispute involved the mother and father regarding the arrangements for their child, including where the child would live, spend time, and communicate with each parent.

The court was required to determine the terms of parenting orders that would best serve the interests of the child X. This involved establishing a framework for equal shared parental responsibility, specifying the child's living arrangements, and detailing the time the child would spend with each parent, including provisions for communication, holidays, birthdays, and special occasions. The court also needed to address information sharing between the parents regarding the child's health and education, and to consider injunctive relief to prevent denigration of one parent by the other in the child's presence.

Judge Phipps ordered that the mother and father have equal shared parental responsibility for the child X. The child was ordered to live with the mother. The court then set out detailed provisions for the child to spend time and communicate with the father, which included a phased approach to increasing the duration and frequency of contact as the child grew and commenced school. Specific arrangements were made for Christmas, the child's birthday, and Father's Day. The court also included orders for information sharing between the parents concerning the child's medical and educational matters, and an injunction restraining either parent from denigrating the other in the child's presence. All previous orders were discharged, and extant applications were dismissed.