Ongal and Materns
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[2008] FamCA 527
•20 February 2008
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Ongal and Materns [2008] FamCA 527
[2008] FamCA 527
20 February 2008
CaseChat Overview and Summary
The parties to this proceeding were the father and the wife, with the Independent Children's Lawyer also involved. The dispute concerned applications made by the father on 20 April 2007 and 29 June 2007, which were ultimately dismissed by the Court. The specific court is not identified in the provided text, but the orders relate to costs awarded in relation to these dismissed applications.
The central legal issue before the Court was the determination of costs payable by the father to the wife and the Independent Children's Lawyer following the dismissal of the father's applications. The Court was required to assess the quantum of these costs and specify the terms of their payment.
The Court ordered that the father pay the wife's costs arising from the dismissal of his applications in the sum of $9,170. Additionally, the father was ordered to pay the costs of the Independent Children's Lawyer in the amount of $1,056. Both cost orders stipulated that payment was to be made to the respective trust accounts of the wife's solicitors and the Legal Services Commission of South Australia within thirty days of the date of the orders.
The central legal issue before the Court was the determination of costs payable by the father to the wife and the Independent Children's Lawyer following the dismissal of the father's applications. The Court was required to assess the quantum of these costs and specify the terms of their payment.
The Court ordered that the father pay the wife's costs arising from the dismissal of his applications in the sum of $9,170. Additionally, the father was ordered to pay the costs of the Independent Children's Lawyer in the amount of $1,056. Both cost orders stipulated that payment was to be made to the respective trust accounts of the wife's solicitors and the Legal Services Commission of South Australia within thirty days of the date of the orders.
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Family Law
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Civil Procedure
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Costs
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Appeal
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Ongal and Materns [2008] FamCA 527
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