Category: Case Summaries

In Bello & Opeyemi [2025] FedCFamC1A 179, the Father sought to appeal final parenting Orders made in December 2021 in respect of a then five-year-old child.  The Orders provided for only supervised time between the child and the Father on four occasions each year.  Those earlier Orders included a notation that if the Father completed three set courses, then he would not be precluded from revisiting the Orders in the future.  That notation was, of course, not binding in any future proceedings and not indicative of success in respect of any future application to vary those Orders.

What is the correct venue? For most disputes involving parenting arrangements or property proceedings the correct venue will be the FCFCoA in either Division 1 or 2 however, in some circumstances that may not be the case. In the decision of His Honour, Reithmuller J, in Berglund & Ungureanu [2025] FedCFamC1F 666, the correct venue was the Supreme Court of NSW (“Supreme Court”) and the proceedings were therefore transferred.