Noma and Noma and Ors

The parties to this proceeding were the husband and wife, who were engaged in a dispute concerning property division. The matter came before Foster J of the Family Court of Australia.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether to make interim property orders pursuant to section 79 of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth). This involved determining the appropriate course of action to address the wife's claim for a portion of the marital property pending the final resolution of the proceedings.

Foster J ordered that, by way of interim property orders, the husband and wife were to take all necessary steps to authorise their solicitors, Matthews Folbigg, to pay the sum of $200,000 to the wife within seven days. The order further stipulated that if the husband failed to comply, the order itself would serve as sufficient authority for the solicitors to make the payment. The costs of the wife's application were reserved, and all other pending interim applications were dismissed.