Sinha and Sinha

This matter concerned property adjustment orders made by Judge Hartnett in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. The proceedings involved an Applicant wife and a Respondent husband, who sought to resolve their financial relationship following the breakdown of their marriage.

The court was required to determine how the parties' various assets and liabilities should be divided and allocated between them. This included the disposition of motor vehicles, term deposits, bank accounts, and superannuation interests, as well as the allocation of legal costs. The court also had to consider the application of specific provisions of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth) concerning superannuation splitting.

Judge Hartnett made a series of orders discharging previous property orders and reallocating assets. The wife was to receive a motor vehicle and retain her sole bank accounts, monies held by her solicitors, another motor vehicle, and her superannuation interest, with a specific splittable payment entitlement from the husband's superannuation fund. The husband was to receive term deposits held jointly with the wife. The orders also addressed the execution of necessary documents, the appointment of the Registrar in case of refusal, and a costs order in favour of the wife. Each party was to be solely entitled to their respective property, with joint tenancies severed and liabilities indemnified.