Mather and Mather

In Mather and Mather, Judge McGuire made orders concerning the division of property and liabilities between the applicant wife, Ms Mather, and the respondent husband, Mr Mather. The dispute concerned the finalisation of financial matters following the breakdown of the marriage.

The court was required to determine how the parties' various assets and liabilities, including a company and business, a motor vehicle, real property, bank accounts, investments, a scooter, and various loans and credit card debts, should be divided and who should be responsible for them. Furthermore, the court needed to address the division of the husband's superannuation interest.

The court ordered that the wife transfer certain assets and be responsible for specific liabilities, including a mortgage on a property she retained. Concurrently, the husband was to pay a lump sum to the wife, transfer specific assets to her, and assume responsibility for other liabilities. Crucially, the court made orders pursuant to sections 90MT(4) and 90MT(1)(a) of the *Family Law Act 1975* to allocate a base amount from the husband's superannuation interest to the wife, with a corresponding reduction in the husband's entitlement. The operative time for the superannuation order was set at four days from the date of the orders.