Walpole and JETTER

In the matter of *Walpole and JETTER*, heard before Judge Altobelli, the court was required to determine parenting orders concerning the child [X], born in 2005. The dispute involved the arrangements for the child's residence, time spent with each parent, and specific conditions to be imposed on both parents to ensure the child's welfare and safety.

The central legal issues before the court were the appropriate orders for parental responsibility, the child's living arrangements, and the terms of the child's time with each parent. Crucially, the court also had to consider the need for injunctions to protect the child from specific influences and behaviours, including contact with the mother's partner, substance abuse by either parent, and parental conflict. The court was also tasked with determining the necessity of drug testing and restrictions on disciplinary methods.

Judge Altobelli ordered the discharge of all previous parenting orders and established equal shared parental responsibility. The child was to live with the father, with the mother having supervised time in a specific two-weekly cycle. The court issued several injunctions, restraining the mother from allowing the child contact with her partner and both parents from being under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the child's presence or within twelve hours prior to contact. Both parents were also ordered to submit to random drug testing and were restrained from speaking negatively about each other or discussing the proceedings in front of the child. The mother was further restrained from using physical discipline. The proceedings were adjourned for a possible interim hearing.