BARRINGTON& DOWNTON

The parties to this matter were the wife and the husband. The wife sought various orders, including financial relief, which were ultimately dismissed by the court. The court also declared an agreement previously approved under section 87 of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth) to be unenforceable.

The primary legal issues before the court concerned the wife's applications for financial orders and the enforceability of a section 87 agreement. The wife had withdrawn some of her initial claims but proceeded with others, including an alternative claim for periodic spousal maintenance.

Loughnan J found that the section 87 agreement was unenforceable. While the specific reasoning for this declaration is not detailed in the provided text, the court's decision to dismiss the wife's applications suggests that the court did not find grounds to grant the financial relief sought, potentially due to the unenforceability of the prior agreement or other factors not elaborated upon.

Consequently, the court ordered that the wife's applications be dismissed, save for those she had withdrawn. The court further declared the section 87 agreement between the parties to be unenforceable.