Geall & Geall

In *Geall & Geall*, the applicant husband sought interim financial relief from the respondent wife. The wife had proposed selling an investment property, with each party receiving a $300,000 distribution, and sought to crystallise the husband's entitlements before making any spouse maintenance orders. The court was constituted by Rees J.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether to grant the husband's application for interim property settlement and spousal maintenance, and on what terms. The court was required to consider the wife's proposal regarding the investment property and her contention that the husband's entitlements should be determined prior to spousal maintenance.

Rees J ordered that the wife pay the husband $1,500 per week by way of spousal maintenance, commencing within two days of the order and continuing weekly thereafter. This maintenance was to be reduced by any equivalent weekly amount the husband received from B Insurance. Additionally, the wife was ordered to pay the husband $500,000 by way of interim property settlement within 21 days of the order.