Webber and Budd

In the matter of *Webber and Budd*, heard by Faulks DCJ, the court was concerned with orders relating to the welfare of two young people, S and E. The proceedings involved their parents, the applicant father and the respondent mother, and addressed issues of parental time, communication with medical practitioners, and the conduct of the parents towards each other and the children.

The court was required to determine the arrangements for the children's time with their father, including specific provisions for a weekend visit and S's birthday. Furthermore, the court needed to establish protocols for the father's access to information regarding S's medical condition and treatment, and to address the parents' conduct in relation to the proceedings and their discussions with the children.

Faulks DCJ made orders for the children to spend time with their father on specific dates and times, including provisions for S's cricket match and birthday celebration. The court also directed that both parents facilitate the father's communication with S's treating medical practitioners, and specifically requested cooperation from those practitioners in providing information about S's condition, treatment, and prognosis. The court further ordered that the matter be brought back for further hearing after S's medical interventions, to consider medical evidence and ongoing parental arrangements. Crucially, both parents were restrained from discussing the court proceedings with the children or making adverse comments about the other parent, with similar injunctions extended to their close associates. The court also made orders for ongoing telephone communication between the father and children and reserved costs.