WALSH & WALSH

This matter concerned parenting orders for three children, B, C, and D, involving their mother and father. The court was required to make orders regarding the children's living arrangements and time spent with each parent.

The primary legal issue before the court was to determine the specific arrangements for the children's residence and contact with each parent, including provisions for international travel and the delivery of passports. The court also needed to address the allocation of costs.

Hannam J made orders that the children were to live with their mother except when they lived with their father, with specific arrangements for child B to live with the father as agreed. For children C and D, the court ordered alternate weekend contact with the father, with detailed provisions for collection and return during school terms and holidays. The mother was permitted to travel internationally with the children, and the father was ordered to deliver the children's passports to the mother's solicitors within 24 hours, with his consent dispensed with for the issuance of new passports if he failed to comply. Time with the father during the children's international travel was suspended, and specific arrangements were made for Christmas Day contact. The mother's costs were reserved.