SUDONO & SUDONO

In the matter of *SUDONO & SUDONO*, Rose J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia made orders concerning an interim property settlement between the parties. The dispute involved the wife's application for funds to purchase real estate, with the husband's solicitors to be kept informed of the transaction and the wife to be restrained from dealing with the property without consent.

The court was required to determine the terms upon which an interim disbursement of funds should be made to the wife for the purchase of real estate. Specifically, the court considered the amount to be disbursed, the conditions for its use, and the restrictions to be placed on the property acquired.

Rose J ordered that the sum of $500,000 be disbursed from trust funds held by Randles Cooper & Co. to the wife's solicitors for payment to the wife. This amount was to be used solely for the purchase of real estate in the wife's sole name in specified Melbourne suburbs, or elsewhere in metropolitan Melbourne, with a portion also permitted for stamp duty and legal costs. The wife was further restrained from selling, transferring, or encumbering the real estate without the husband's written consent or a further court order, and was permitted to occupy the property exclusively, also subject to the husband's consent or further order.