Sabata and Sabata

In *Sabata and Sabata*, heard by Watts J, the parties sought consent orders from the court regarding their financial matters. The dispute concerned the division of property and other related financial arrangements, with the parties having reached an agreement that they wished to formalise through court orders.

The primary legal issue before the court was to determine whether to make consent orders pursuant to section 90SM of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth). This required the court to be satisfied that the proposed orders were just and equitable and that it was in the public interest to make them. The court also had to consider specific provisions within the proposed orders, as indicated by the numbering of paragraphs in Exhibit 1.

Watts J, by consent of the parties, made orders in accordance with the terms of Exhibit 1. This included making orders pursuant to section 90SM of the *Family Law Act* for paragraphs 1 to 60 and 63 to 65 of Exhibit 1, and separate orders for paragraphs 61 and 62. The court also noted the matters contained in paragraphs 66 and 67 of Exhibit 1, indicating these were acknowledged but not necessarily subject to formal court orders in the same way as the preceding paragraphs.