Egbert and Egbert

In the matter of *Egbert and Egbert*, Cronin J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the husband and a response filed by the wife. The specific nature of the dispute between the parties is not detailed, but the orders indicate it concerned interlocutory matters within a broader family law proceeding.

The court was required to determine the fate of various paragraphs within the wife's response and the husband's application. Specifically, the court had to decide whether to dismiss the husband's application and certain paragraphs of the wife's response, and whether to adjourn another paragraph of the wife's response for further consideration. The court also had to set timelines for the filing of further affidavit material by both parties.

Cronin J dismissed the husband's application and several paragraphs of the wife's response. However, paragraph 9 of the wife's response was adjourned to the Judicial Duty List for a later date. The court also made orders regarding the filing of further affidavits by both parties and directed the husband to pay the wife's costs of the day, to be offset against an existing obligation.