MAYDER & RACINE

In the matter of *Mayder & Racine*, heard before Judge Small, the Respondent Wife sought property settlement, spousal maintenance, and a Child Support Departure Order. The core of the dispute involved the parties' financial relationship following a significant period of separation and an informal division of their assets in 2009, which no longer existed in their original form.

The court was required to determine three principal legal issues. Firstly, whether it was just and equitable to alter the parties' property interests, given the informal but complete division of their assets in 2009 and the subsequent dissipation of those assets. Secondly, whether the Respondent Husband should be ordered to pay spousal maintenance to the Respondent Wife, who was employed, after a separation of ten years. Thirdly, whether a Departure Order should be made from the father's Child Support Assessment.

Judge Small dismissed the Respondent Wife's applications. The reasoning for dismissing the property settlement application likely stemmed from the court's finding that it was not just and equitable to alter the parties' property interests, particularly given the passage of time and the informal division of assets that no longer existed. The applications for spousal maintenance and a Child Support Departure Order were also dismissed, indicating that the court found no grounds to grant these orders in the circumstances presented. Consequently, all extant applications before the court were dismissed.