Noelle and Fournier (No 2)

In the matter of *Noelle and Fournier (No 2)*, Strickland J of the Family Court of Australia considered a dispute between a husband and wife concerning their financial settlement. The wife had filed an Amended Initiating Application seeking interim orders, while the husband had subsequently filed an Amended Application in a Case.

The central legal issues before the court were whether the wife's application for interim orders should be dismissed and whether the husband's application should also be dismissed. These applications arose in the context of ongoing proceedings between the parties.

Strickland J reasoned that both applications were no longer proceeding and, accordingly, ordered the dismissal of the wife's Amended Initiating Application in so far as it sought interim orders, and its removal from the active pending cases list. Similarly, the court ordered the dismissal of the husband's Amended Application in a Case and its removal from the active pending cases list.