The judgements listed in this topic have one main thing in common. The Judge or Magistrate ordered Equal Time after reviewing the evidence in a contested hearing.

Equal Time Judgement by Justice Ryan in a contested hearing

This represents a very interesting judgement that reflects the spirit of the changes to Family Law last year. The mother has actively sought to damage the fathers relationship with the children by manipulating the system. She got caught and Ryan actualy comments "It would be bizarre to allow a parent to defeat an equal time application by refusing to communicate with the other parent.

This is also interesting in the context of the Ryan Judgement in Goode & Goode Interim No 2, also heard by Ryan.