Conrad and Conrad and Anor (No 2)

In *Conrad and Conrad and Anor (No 2)*, Forrest J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application by the wife to discharge an existing consent order and for spousal maintenance. The husband was the respondent.

The primary legal issues before the Court were whether the existing consent order should be discharged and, if so, what order for spousal maintenance should be made, including the assessment of arrears. The Court also considered the wife's costs in the enforcement and discharge proceedings.

Forrest J discharged the prior consent order and ordered the husband to pay the wife spousal maintenance of $645 per week, commencing from 23 March 2015. The Court also ordered the husband to pay $7,095 in arrears of maintenance within fourteen days. Directions were made for the wife to file an affidavit detailing her costs and for the husband to file any submissions regarding that application.