Traynor and Lerner (No. 2)

In *Traynor and Lerner (No. 2)*, Cronin J of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia considered parenting orders concerning a child, X, born in 2008. The dispute involved the arrangements for the child's residence, contact with the father, and decision-making regarding major long-term issues.

The court was required to determine the appropriate parenting orders, including whether the child should live with the mother, the extent of the father's contact with the child, and who should have parental responsibility for major long-term decisions. Additionally, the court addressed issues related to the child's international travel and the discharge of the Independent Children's Lawyer.

Cronin J reasoned that given the circumstances, it was in the child's best interests for the mother to have sole parental responsibility for major long-term decisions and for the child to live with her. The court ordered supervised contact between the child and the father, commencing at a children's contact centre, with the supervision to continue as long as the service could provide it or the parties agreed otherwise. The court also permitted the child to travel internationally and specified that the mother was the only person who had not ceased to have parental responsibility for passport purposes. The Independent Children's Lawyer was discharged upon completion of certain requirements.