CHADSEY & CHADSEY

In the matter of *CHADSEY & CHADSEY*, heard before Judge Vasta, the applicant sought to vary final consent orders made on 14 March 2018 concerning property settlement. The respondent opposed the application.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the applicant had established sufficient grounds to justify a variation of the existing final property settlement orders under the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth). This required the court to consider the nature of the application and the threshold for varying such orders.

Judge Vasta dismissed the application, finding that the applicant had not met the necessary legal threshold to warrant a variation of the consent orders. The court applied the principles governing the variation of final property orders, which generally require a significant unforeseen change in circumstances or other compelling reasons. As no such grounds were established, the existing orders were upheld.

Consequently, the court ordered that the application filed on 3 August 2018 be dismissed, and that the final orders made by consent on 14 March 2018 remain in full force and effect.