Trieste and Nettles

In the matter of Trieste and Nettles, Cronin J considered applications concerning parenting orders. The proceedings involved a father and a mother, though the specific nature of their dispute regarding the children is not detailed.

The court was required to determine whether to discharge a previous order made on 3 October 2016. Further, the court needed to consider the attendance of the father at a hearing and the appropriate method for serving future court documents upon him.

Cronin J discharged paragraph 4 of the previous orders. The court adjourned outstanding applications for an undefended hearing on 14 July 2017, unless the father attended to explain his absence from a prior hearing on 3 July 2017. The mother was directed to file and serve any affidavits she intended to rely upon by 10 July 2017. Service upon the father was to be effected by text message and by post to a specified address, with a letter enclosing the current orders and affidavit material to be sent by the same methods.