Patera and Cameron

In the matter of *Patera and Cameron*, heard before Bennett J, the dispute concerned property proceedings between the parties, with an application for intervention by the husband's parents.

The court was required to determine whether to grant leave for the husband's parents to intervene in the property proceedings and to make directions regarding the filing of documents and the payment of costs associated with the intervention.

Bennett J reasoned that it was appropriate to dispense with compliance with chapter 6 of the *Family Law Rules 2004* to permit the intervention. The court directed that the interveners file and serve an application for leave to intervene, an affidavit detailing the facts supporting their application, their relationship to the parties and assets, and a schedule of the orders sought and their basis. The interveners were also ordered to pay the wife's costs thrown away on that day. The court further directed that all references to the children in the proceedings reflect their family name as Cameron-Patera.