Meeks & Moretti

In the matter of *Meeks & Moretti*, the applicant wife sought to implement previously made property orders, to which the respondent husband's response was summarily dismissed. The court also considered an application for costs between the parties.

The primary legal issue before the court was the implementation of existing property orders, specifically concerning the transfer of a property and associated financial payments. A secondary issue was whether a costs order should be made in favour of the applicant wife, considering the factors outlined in section 117(2A) of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth).

The court reasoned that the respondent husband had been wholly unsuccessful in the substantive proceedings. Furthermore, the applicant wife's earlier offer to resolve the matter was in terms similar to the final orders ultimately made. Applying the principles of section 117(2A) of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth), the court found it appropriate to make a costs order in favour of the applicant wife.

The court ordered that within 28 days, the applicant wife was to pay the respondent husband the sum of $247,725. The wife was also to receive the husband's interest in the property located at B Street, Suburb C, ACT, with the wife to discharge all mortgages on the title and indemnify the husband against any liabilities relating to the property. In the event the husband failed to sign the necessary transfer documents, the Registrar of the Family Court of Australia was appointed to do so.