Montano and Kinross

In *Montano and Kinross*, heard by Judge F. Turner, the wife sought leave to issue proceedings out of time. The husband had filed an Initiating Application on 14 October 2013. The wife's application was in response to this, seeking to bring her own proceedings at a later stage.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the wife should be granted leave to commence her proceedings outside the prescribed time limits. This required the court to consider the relevant legislative provisions governing the extension of time for initiating proceedings in family law matters and the factors that a court may take into account when exercising such discretion.

Judge Turner dismissed the wife's application for leave to issue proceedings out of time. Consequently, the husband's Initiating Application filed on 14 October 2013 was also dismissed. All other pending applications were dismissed, and the matter was removed from the court's list of active cases.