Pillai and Doshi (No 5)

In *Pillai and Doshi (No 5)*, Young J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the husband for the reinstatement of a stay application concerning final parenting and property orders made on 8 March 2011. The husband also sought a partial payment of his property and financial entitlement under those final orders. The wife consented to the reinstatement of the stay application.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether to reinstate the husband's application for a stay of the final orders, and whether to grant an order for a partial payment of the husband's property entitlement. The court also had to determine the appropriate costs order.

Young J, by consent, ordered the reinstatement of the husband's application filed on 1 June 2011. However, not by consent, the court ordered that $11,000 be paid to the husband from the parties' joint Commonwealth Bank account within three working days, as a partial payment of his final property and financial entitlements. The husband's applications filed on 1 June 2011 and 13 July 2011 were otherwise dismissed. The court also ordered the husband to pay the wife's costs of the appearance fixed at $1,000, to be paid prior to any distribution of monies to the husband under the final orders. The court certified that the matter reasonably required the attendance of counsel for the wife.