Southers and Southers (No 2)

In *Southers and Southers (No 2)*, Le Poer Trench J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the wife for interim financial relief. The specific nature of the dispute leading to this application is not detailed in the provided text, but it concerns financial matters between the parties.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether to make an order for interim spousal maintenance pursuant to section 77 of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth). This involved assessing the wife's immediate financial needs and the husband's capacity to meet them pending a final resolution of the property settlement or other final orders.

Le Poer Trench J ordered that the husband pay the wife the sum of $2,000 per calendar month, with payments due on the nineteenth of each month. This order was made pending further order and pursuant to section 77 of the *Family Law Act 1975*. The Court also granted both parties liberty to apply to vary or set aside this interim order, provided 14 days' notice was given to the other party and the Court.