Podopoulos and Albertinni

The proceedings involved a dispute between Podopoulos and Albertinni concerning children's issues and property settlement. The matter came before Strickland J.

The court was required to determine the terms of a consent order regarding children's issues, the admissibility of evidence concerning the wife's capacity to work and the availability of employment, and the timing for the filing and service of various affidavits, including one detailing the wife's recent injury and its impact on her employment capacity. Further issues included the wife's provision of detailed orders sought for property settlement and child support, and the scheduling of future hearings.

Strickland J made orders substituting a new consent order for an existing one, granted leave for the husband to file an affidavit regarding the wife's work capacity, and extended the time for the wife and Mr R to file affidavits of evidence in chief. The wife was also granted leave to file an affidavit annexing a medical report concerning her injury and its potential impact on her employment. The wife was directed to provide a minute of order detailing her property settlement and child support claims, and the matter was listed for a conclusion hearing, with a further directions hearing scheduled. The parties were granted liberty to vacate the directions hearing if no issues arose from the filed affidavits.