Minas and Castellanos

In *Minas and Castellanos*, heard by Faulks DCJ, the dispute concerned applications made by both the wife and the husband in relation to financial matters arising from their separation. The wife sought orders concerning the proceeds of sale of a property, while the husband sought to restrain the disposition of certain non-real estate assets acquired by the wife and to set aside binding agreements and consent orders.

The court was required to determine the extent to which the husband's applications for restraining orders should be granted, particularly in relation to non-real estate assets. It also had to consider the husband's applications to set aside agreements and consent orders, and to make orders regarding the sale and disposition of real estate interests held by the husband.

Faulks DCJ ordered that the wife deposit half of the net proceeds from the sale of a Victorian property into a joint interest-bearing account. The husband's application to restrain the disposition of non-real estate assets acquired by the wife was dismissed. However, the husband was restrained from encumbering or alienating his interest in certain real estate unless with the wife's consent or court order, with a proviso that he could sell such interests provided the net proceeds were deposited into a joint account, from which he could apply for disbursements for his business operations upon notice to the wife. The husband's applications to set aside agreements and consent orders were adjourned for further hearing.