Fairbanks and Fairbanks

In *Fairbanks and Fairbanks*, the Family Court of Australia considered an application for interim spousal maintenance. The husband was ordered to pay the wife $500 per week by way of interim spousal maintenance.

The central legal issue before the Court was the appropriate quantum of interim spousal maintenance to be paid by the husband to the wife during the period of adjournment to the listing of the matter for a short trial.

The Court ordered the husband to pay the specified sum, noting that such payment was to be made without prejudice to either party's ultimate position in the proceedings. The payments were to be made by direct debit to the wife's nominated bank account.