Liprini v Liprini (No 2)

Liprini v Liprini (No 2) involved a dispute between the parties concerning property settlements following a divorce. The case was heard in the Family Court of Australia. The applicant sought an interlocutory application to alter existing property settlement orders, which were initially made in 2011. The second respondent opposed the application.

The legal issues before the court were whether the applicant had provided sufficient grounds to warrant a reconsideration of the existing property settlement orders and whether the applicant's circumstances had materially changed since the original orders were made. The court had to assess the merits of the application and whether it would be just and equitable to alter the existing orders.

The court found that the applicant had not provided adequate evidence to support a change in the existing property settlement orders. The court emphasised that property settlement orders should be final and that re-litigation of such matters should be discouraged unless there is a compelling reason. The applicant had not demonstrated any significant change in circumstances that would justify altering the orders. Consequently, the court dismissed the interlocutory application and ordered the applicant to pay the second respondent's costs.