Malcher and Malcher

In *Malcher and Malcher*, the husband and wife were parties to proceedings before Watts J in the Family Court of Australia. The dispute concerned the transfer of specific funds from an account held by the husband to an account nominated by the wife.

The court was required to determine the precise amounts to be transferred from the husband's Westpac account to the wife's nominated account, including the principal sum and accrued interest. The court also needed to consider the mechanism for enforcing compliance with its orders.

Watts J ordered the husband to take all necessary steps within seven days to direct Westpac to transfer $3,000, plus calculated interest to the date of transfer, from his account to the wife's account. In default of the husband's compliance, the Registrar was appointed pursuant to section 106A of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth) to execute any necessary documents and take all other actions to give effect to the order.