QLD Question about living arrangements in consent orders

At a guess, I would say this order was made by consent?

Yeah, so, the Court wouldn't make such an order. There's an international convenant to which Australia is a signatory, which grants people the right to freedom of movement, meaning people can live where and with whom they choose.

If you withheld because dad exercised this right, and dad filed a contravention order application, there's a pretty good chance the Court would just discharge that order so that dad could live with whoever he wanted and still see his kid.

My advice? Don't be stupid. If you use such petty reasons to stop the kid seeing his dad, you may end up losing custody all together. It's not an uncommon outcome.

Even in contravention proceedings for parenting orders, the Court is still obligated by law to hold the children's best interests as paramount, so if an order that the parents have agreed to is only serving to create unnecessary conflict between the parents and bring them back to litigation as a consequence of that, the order they've allegedly contravened probably isn't an order that genuinely reflects the best interests of the child, is it?

The Family Court is not in the business of punishing parents. It aims to alleviate problems, not encourage them.

That's exactly what such an order does.

Look you're on a hiding to nothing... Let me give you an example..
We had orders - no relocation beyond 50km of Canberra. Ex moved to Batemans Bay - 140km away. I did not agree... She made arrangements so that my time with the kids didn't change all that much... I saw 2 hours less of them a fortnight but she agreed for me to have 1 additional night each holidays. I was very upset because this change meant I could not easily attend school stuff like parent teacher nights etc etc...

Solicitor told me that I'm wasting my time taking this to court because the fact is the amount of time I'm having with the kids hasn't changed all that much..