Selkin & Artliff-Selkin

In this case the husband appealed against parenting and property orders made by a Federal Magistrate. The orders provided for the parties' three children to live with the wife and for the wife to relocate the children's residence. The wife was to have sole parental responsibility for the children's health and the parties were to have equal shared parental responsibility for major long term issues. The wife was to reimburse the husband the sum of $21,200 for legal fees paid by the wife from a line of credit but the Federal Magistrate omitted to include this in the orders she made for property settlement. The Full Court found no merit in any of the grounds of appeal relating to the parenting orders but found merit in one of the grounds of appeal relating to the property settlement orders. The appeal was allowed in part, and the orders as to property settlement made by Federal Magistrate Purdon-Sully on 7 September 2011 were varied to include the further order that the wife pay to the husband the sum of $21,200 by way of reimbursement of the money withdrawn by the wife from the Westpac Line of Credit to pay legal fees. The appeal was otherwise dismissed.