WASTELL & MERKEL

In the matter of *Wastell & Merkel*, heard before Hannam J, the dispute concerned parenting arrangements for a child, B, born in 2012. The proceedings involved the mother, the father, and an Independent Children’s Lawyer.

The court was required to determine the orders concerning parental responsibility, the child's residence, and the nature and extent of any time the child would spend with the father, as well as communication arrangements.

Hannam J made orders by consent. The mother was granted sole parental responsibility for the child, and the child was ordered to live with the mother. Furthermore, the child was to spend no time with the father, and any telephone communication between the child and the father was to be at the mother's discretion.