Tindall and Saldo

This matter concerned parenting orders for a child, T, born in May 2006, and came before Justice Austin. The specific dispute involved the arrangements for the child's residence and time spent with each parent, as well as ancillary orders concerning communication, conduct, and the child's welfare.

The court was required to determine the primary residence of the child, the nature and supervision of the child's time with the father, and to make orders restraining certain behaviours by the parents. These included prohibitions against denigration of a parent in the child's presence, the infliction of corporal punishment, and applications for the child's passport. The court also needed to address the particulars of the obligations created by the orders and the consequences of contravention, as well as the dismissal of outstanding interim applications.

Justice Austin, by consent of the parties, ordered that all former parenting orders be discharged. The child was to live with the mother. Time spent with the father was to be supervised by the paternal grandmother, with specific arrangements for delivery and collection of the child. The orders also included restraints on denigration, corporal punishment, and passport applications, and mandated the exchange of contact details. The matter was referred back to the Docket Registrar, not to be relisted until the parties were ready for a final hearing.