STANFORD & DENT

In *Stanford & Dent*, Johns J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered applications for interim relief in family law proceedings. The dispute concerned financial disclosure and the progression of the wife's application for final property settlement.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the wife's application for final property settlement to proceed on an undefended basis in the event of the husband's default in providing financial disclosure. The court also considered the listing of the wife's Initiating Application for a Conciliation Conference and the extension of time for the husband's compliance with financial disclosure obligations.

By consent, the court ordered that all extant applications for interim relief be dismissed. The wife's Initiating Application was listed for a Conciliation Conference, and the time for the husband's compliance with financial disclosure and a prior order was extended. The court noted the wife's intention to seek that her application for final property settlement proceed undefended and that the Conciliation Conference be dispensed with should the husband default on the extended disclosure timeline. The husband was ordered to pay the wife's costs of the day.