Wadmal & Amrita (No. 2)

This matter concerned parenting orders and injunctions between Wadmal and Amrita (referred to as the parties) concerning their child. The decision was made by Brown J.

The court was required to determine the living arrangements for the child, the allocation of parental responsibility, and the nature and extent of the father's time and communication with the child. Additionally, the court considered various injunctions, including those relating to the child's removal from Australia, communication with the child, and the father's proximity to the child's educational institutions.

Brown J ordered that the child live with the mother and that she have sole parental responsibility. All prior parenting orders and injunctions relating to the child were discharged. The father was to have no time or communication with the child except as permitted by the court's orders. These orders mandated supervised contact between the father and child at a designated facility, with the father bearing all costs. Specific restrictions were placed on the father's communication with the child, including limitations on letters, cards, gifts, and telephone calls, with the mother retaining the discretion to inspect and withhold communications deemed a risk to the child's health. The father was also restrained from performing or allowing any surgical procedures on the child, discussing proceedings in the child's presence, or denigrating the mother or her family. Further injunctions prevented the removal of the child from Australia and restricted the father's attendance near the child's school. The court also made provisions for the exchange of information between the parties and relevant institutions. Applications for residency, parental responsibility, and injunctions were otherwise dismissed, with the question of the father's supervised time and communication, and the mother's application concerning the child's passport and removal from Australia, adjourned to a later date.