Kushing and Kushing (No. 2)

In *Kushing and Kushing (No. 2)*, Mushin J of the Family Court of Australia considered interim applications in property settlement proceedings between a husband and wife. The dispute concerned competing claims for alteration of property interests, with the court addressing the wife's claim for a specific payment from the husband.

The primary legal issue before the court was the quantum of an interim payment to be made by the husband to the wife, and the significance of this payment in relation to the ultimate determination of the property interests. The court also had to manage the progression of the outstanding interim applications and set timelines for the parties to file their respective orders sought and lists of documents.

Mushin J ordered the husband to pay the wife $4100, subject to the ultimate determination of the property interests. The court explicitly reserved all questions regarding the significance of this interim payment to the trial judge. Further directions were given for the transfer of extant interim applications to the Long Interim List, with specific deadlines set for the parties to file and serve their precise orders sought and lists of documents. All questions of costs were reserved, and general liberty to apply was granted to both parties. The court certified that the matter reasonably required the attendance of Counsel, including Senior Counsel.