Zanda and Zanda

In the matter of *Zanda and Zanda*, Foster J of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia considered an application concerning the parental responsibility and location of several children. The dispute involved the mother and the father, Mr Zanda, regarding the welfare and movement of their children.

The court was required to determine issues of sole parental responsibility, the children's living arrangements, and the father's ability to travel internationally with the children. Crucially, the court also had to consider measures to prevent the removal of the children from Australia and to facilitate the mother's international travel with them.

Foster J ordered that the mother have sole parental responsibility for the children and that they live with her. The court also issued injunctions restraining the father from leaving Australia and from removing or attempting to remove any of the children from the Commonwealth. To enforce these orders, the father's and children's names were to be placed on the Family Law Watchlist. The mother was permitted to travel internationally with the children and to apply for their passports without the father's consent. All previous orders were discharged, and other applications before the court were dismissed.