Woodard and Oddie

In the matter of *Woodard and Oddie*, heard before Judge Newbrun, the dispute concerned parenting arrangements for a child born in 2013. The orders made by the court addressed the allocation of parental responsibility and the specific times the child would spend with the father.

The court was required to determine the most appropriate parenting orders, considering the best interests of the child. This involved establishing a framework for shared parental responsibility and defining a schedule for the child's time with each parent, which evolved over a period of years.

Judge Newbrun ordered that the parties have equal shared parental responsibility for the child. The court then set out a phased approach to the child's time with the father. Initially, from the Saturday following the orders until 1 February 2019, the child was to spend one day each week with the father on alternating Saturdays and Sundays between 10 am and 6 pm. This schedule was to transition from 1 February 2019 to alternating weekends from Saturday 10 am to Sunday 5 pm. Further changes were to take effect from 1 February 2020, with the child spending alternating weekends with the father from Friday 6 pm to Sunday 5 pm. The orders also included a provision for additional time to be spent with the father as agreed by the parties, with such agreements to be communicated via text message.