WING & LOR

The parties in this matter were the mother and the paternal grandmother, with the dispute concerning parenting orders for a child born in September 2002. The orders under consideration were made by Federal Magistrate Cole on 25 May 2009 and Justice Strickland on 10 September 2009. The court was required to determine whether to suspend existing parenting orders and to make new orders regarding the child's time with the mother during the 2009/2010 Christmas school holiday period.

The court's reasoning focused on modifying the existing arrangements to accommodate specific periods of time the mother would spend with the child. Crucially, the court also imposed an injunction restraining the mother from undertaking any form of employment or engaging in business activities at her place of employment during these specified periods of time with the child. This suggests a consideration of the mother's availability and capacity to care for the child during these periods.

The final orders provided for the suspension of certain aspects of the previous parenting orders. New, specific periods for the mother to spend time with the child during the Christmas school holidays were detailed, commencing from 11 December 2009 and extending to 14 February 2010. The mother was also restrained from employment during these periods. The mother's application and the paternal grandmother's response were otherwise dismissed.