DALENA & LAFFERTY

In the matter of *Dalena & Lafferty*, heard before Judge Baker, the wife sought interim litigation funding. This application was framed alternatively as either security for costs or as an order for spousal maintenance. The central factual context was that a final property settlement order had already been made between the parties.

The court was required to determine whether it was appropriate to make an order for spousal maintenance in circumstances where a final property settlement had been concluded. This involved considering the interplay between final property orders and subsequent applications for spousal maintenance, particularly in the context of interim litigation funding.

Judge Baker dismissed the wife's application for interim litigation funding. The reasoning appears to have been that, following the finalisation of property settlement, an order for spousal maintenance was not a proper or available remedy in this context. The court concluded that the wife's application, as framed, could not be granted.

Consequently, the interim orders sought in the wife's response filed on 30 January 2020 were dismissed.