Holbert and Holbert

In the matter of *Holbert and Holbert*, McEvoy J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the wife concerning costs and the dismissal of certain applications. The dispute revolved around the wife's applications filed on 24 April 2019 and 17 May 2019, and the husband's liability for the wife's costs in relation to these applications.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the husband should be ordered to pay the wife's costs of and incidental to her application filed on 24 April 2019. A secondary issue was the disposition of the wife's applications filed on 24 April 2019 and 17 May 2019.

McEvoy J ordered that the wife's costs of and incidental to the application filed on 24 April 2019 were to be paid by the husband on a party-party basis, with the amount to be agreed or assessed in default of agreement. The court further ordered that the wife's Application in a Case filed on 24 April 2019 and her Amended Application in a Case filed on 17 May 2019 be otherwise dismissed.