What do I do once a parenting order has been suspended?

What do I do once a parenting order has been suspended?

Once the current Parenting Orders have been suspended, an urgent initiating application should be brought in the Federal Circuit Court for the material regarding the domestic violence incident to be considered by a judge.

This application provides evidence there has been a significant change in circumstances, which allows the applicant to seek new Parenting Orders after final parenting orders have been made.

This should also be your next step if you are defending the application for a Protection Order and your Parenting Orders have been suspended. It is very likely in those circumstances that your contact with the child will have been limited substantially. Accordingly, it may be appropriate to seek an abridgement of time which would allow your application to be heard as soon as possible.

IMPORTANT: This information is based upon circumstances which have arisen for particular clients of our firm. This article should not be relied upon in deciding whether it is appropriate for you to make an application to the court.

Rather, you should seek legal advice and have both your domestic violence orders and parenting orders considered by a legal professional before taking any further steps. Each person’s circumstances are unique and the correct course of action for one client may be completely inappropriate for another.