Hatton and Hatton

In *Hatton and Hatton*, heard before Watts J, the dispute concerned the division of property following a marriage breakdown. The wife sought to vary existing orders made by a Judicial Registrar concerning the distribution of assets and the payment of certain sums.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the existing orders should be discharged and, if so, what new orders should be made regarding the payment of specific sums of money to the wife. This involved determining the appropriate financial entitlements of the wife in light of the circumstances.

Watts J discharged the previous orders of the Judicial Registrar. The court then made new orders requiring a company, A Service Limited, to pay a total of $23,875 to the wife from monies due to the husband. Additionally, A Service Limited was ordered to pay the wife amounts equivalent to $923 per week, calculated from 16 March 2007, from those same monies. These payments were to be made as soon as the monies became payable to the husband.