Gilholme & Gilholme

In the matter of SYC 4570 of 2021, Ms Gilholme (the applicant wife) and Mr Gilholme (the respondent husband) appeared before Judge B Smith. The dispute concerned various aspects of their family law proceedings, including arrangements for their child and financial matters.

The court was required to determine several issues, including the educational arrangements for the child, X, born in 2008, and the referral of the child to a mental health service. Additionally, the court addressed the matter of spousal maintenance payable by the husband to the wife, and the process for valuing the husband's interests in two companies, E Pty Ltd and F Pty Ltd. The court also considered the parties' obligations regarding full and frank disclosure.

Judge B Smith made orders by consent regarding the child's education and mental health referral. The husband was ordered to pay spousal maintenance of $750.00 per week to the wife until 7 March 2022, with liberty for the wife to seek further orders thereafter, noting that the duration was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the wife's earning capacity. The parties were also directed to follow a specific procedure for the appointment of a single expert to value the husband's interests in E Pty Ltd and F Pty Ltd, with the husband to bear the initial cost of the expert report. The court also mandated compliance with disclosure obligations under the Federal Circuit Court Rules 2001.