Welcome back for Part 2 of our contravention podcast. On today's podcast our Senior Associate Dannielle Young will continue to take you through what a contravention is, in particular, Dannielle will discuss reasonable excuses for a contravention of a Court Order. 

When an Order is made in a parenting matter the Court expects you to uphold your obligation as a parent to facilitate and encourage the relationship between the child and the other parent. 

A parent is taken to have contravened an Order when they: 

1. Intentionally prevent compliance with an Order by a person that is bound by it; 
2. Makes no reasonable attempt to comply with the Order; 
3. Intentionally fails to comply with the Order; or
4. Aids and abets someone who is bound by the Order to contravene it. 

So what is a reasonable excuse?