DORSETT & GODARD

In the matter of *Dorsett & Godard*, heard before Stevenson J, the wife sought adult child maintenance, while the husband also filed an application concerning adult child maintenance. The court also dealt with ancillary matters relating to the valuation of matrimonial property and the compliance of a self-managed superannuation fund.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the wife and the husband had satisfied the statutory requirements for an order for adult child maintenance. Additionally, the court was required to make orders concerning the valuation of specific parcels of real estate and the preparation of financial statements for a self-managed superannuation fund to ensure legislative compliance.

Stevenson J dismissed both the wife's and the husband's applications for adult child maintenance, finding that the necessary conditions for such orders were not met. The court reasoned that the applications did not satisfy the relevant legislative criteria for ordering adult child maintenance. In relation to the ancillary matters, the court ordered that within 21 days, both parties were to take all necessary steps to appoint an agreed accountant to prepare financial statements and other documents to bring their self-managed superannuation fund into legislative compliance, with each party to bear 50 per cent of the associated professional fees. Furthermore, the court ordered that within 21 days, both parties were to instruct OO Valuers to conduct valuations of four specified parcels of real estate, with each party to pay one-half of the professional fees and costs incurred by the valuers.