Tamson and Moritz (No 2)

In *Tamson and Moritz (No 2)*, Foster J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application for costs made by the de facto husband. The specific dispute concerned the costs associated with an application for variation of spouse maintenance.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the de facto husband should be awarded the costs of and incidental to his application for variation of spouse maintenance.

Foster J dismissed the de facto husband's application for costs. The reasons for this decision are not detailed in the provided text, but the outcome indicates that the court found no grounds to award costs in favour of the de facto husband in relation to the spouse maintenance variation application.