Tamberdun and Tamberdun

In the matter of *Tamberdun and Tamberdun*, heard by Cohen J, the wife sought spousal maintenance from the husband. The court was required to determine whether the wife's application for spousal maintenance should be granted, and to consider the validity of previous orders made by Judicial Registrar Loughnan on 21 May 2009 concerning spousal maintenance.

The central legal issue before Cohen J was the wife's entitlement to spousal maintenance and the extent to which existing orders for spousal maintenance should be upheld or set aside. This involved an assessment of the circumstances relevant to spousal maintenance under the relevant legislation.

Cohen J dismissed the wife's application for spousal maintenance, with the exception of payments already made by the husband since 21 May 2009. Consequently, the orders of Judicial Registrar Loughnan made on 21 May 2009 were set aside, again with the exception of those spousal maintenance payments that had already been made. The court reserved its decision on costs.