Brangus and Brangus

In *Brangus and Brangus*, Stevenson J of the Supreme Court of New South Wales made orders concerning the division of property and the discharge of a mortgage following the breakdown of a marriage. The dispute centred on the former matrimonial home and associated financial obligations.

The court was required to determine the appropriate financial and property adjustments between the parties, including the transfer of the former matrimonial home, the payment of a sum of money, the indemnification of one party against a mortgage liability, the return of jewellery, and the distribution of proceeds in the event of a sale of the property. Furthermore, the court addressed the allocation of a judgment debt arising from unpaid school fees.

Stevenson J ordered that the wife pay a specified sum to the husband within three months, upon which the husband's interest in the former matrimonial home would be transferred to the wife. The wife was also ordered to indemnify the husband against the mortgage on that property and to return certain jewellery. In the event of the wife's failure to make the payment, the property was to be sold, with proceeds applied to sale costs, mortgage discharge, and then divided with 74% to the wife and the balance to the husband. Finally, the husband was ordered to pay half of any judgment debt for unpaid school fees to the Catholic Education Office upon receipt of his share of the funds.