Jones and Jones

In the matter of *Jones and Jones*, Mullane J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the husband concerning property settlement orders previously made. The wife sought to oppose this application and also sought costs.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether to grant the husband's application filed on 9 March 2007. A secondary issue concerned the wife's entitlement to costs for opposing the husband's application.

Mullane J refused and dismissed the husband's application. The court ordered the husband to pay $2,000 towards the wife's costs within 28 days. In the event of non-payment, the wife was granted the option to either sell a portion of the "I shares" that were to be transferred to the husband under a prior order, or to retain shares of equivalent value to the outstanding costs, with the value to be determined by the ASX sale value 14 days from the date of the order.