Carri and Carri

In *Carri and Carri*, Guest J made orders concerning the financial settlement between a husband and wife. The dispute involved the division of property and ongoing financial support arrangements.

The court was required to determine the terms of the financial settlement, including the payment of specific sums of money from the husband to the wife, the transfer of a motor vehicle, and the provision of security for future payments. Additionally, the court needed to address arrangements for the wife's continued care of the husband, including weekly payments for his maintenance, and the circumstances under which these payments would cease. The court also considered the implications of the husband potentially requiring nursing home accommodation and the finalisation of the parties' financial relationship.

Guest J ordered the husband to pay the wife $750,000 within 30 days and a further $1,250,000 by 31 October 2008. Security for the latter payment was to be provided by a charge over specified properties, with the husband's attorney empowered to sell these properties to satisfy the debt. The wife was to continue residing with and caring for the husband, with the husband's attorney to pay $1,000 per week into their joint account for his maintenance, ceasing if the husband no longer resided with the wife. Provisions were made for shared costs if the husband required nursing home care within three years. The orders also included the husband paying the wife's solicitors $4,290 for costs related to an aborted property sale. Crucially, upon compliance with separate VCAT settlement terms, both parties released each other from all other claims, and the husband was to pay $50,000 on account of spousal maintenance. The court noted the intention for these orders to fully and completely finalise the parties' financial relationships.