BENKE & BENKE

In the matter of BENKE & BENKE, Rees J made orders concerning spousal maintenance, children's living arrangements, and time spent with each parent. The dispute involved the financial support of the wife and the care and time arrangements for the parties' three children.

The court was required to determine the appropriate quantum of spousal maintenance to be paid by the husband to the wife, and to establish specific orders regarding the children's residence, time with each parent during school terms and holidays, and the process for the husband to retrieve agreed items from a shed at the wife's property. The court also addressed the signing of a letter of instructions to a single expert valuer and incorporated a fact sheet detailing the obligations and consequences of contravening the orders pursuant to the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth).

The court ordered the husband to pay $3,000 per week in spousal maintenance. Regarding the children, they were ordered to live with the wife and spend time with the husband on alternate weekends and alternate Thursdays during school terms, with specific provisions for the commencement and duration of this time. Holiday arrangements were also detailed, including provisions for short and long school holidays, with the wife responsible for delivering the children to the husband at the commencement of his holiday time and the husband returning them at the conclusion. The court also made orders for the husband to access a shed at the wife's home and for the wife to sign a letter of instructions to a single expert valuer.