Thorley and Greer & Ors

The applicant, Thorley, and the respondents, Greer and others, brought applications before Austin J in the Family Court of Australia concerning matters arising under Part VIIIAB of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth). The precise nature of the dispute is not detailed, but it involved applications for orders under this specific part of the Act.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the applications made by the applicant and the first respondent for orders pursuant to Part VIIIAB of the *Family Law Act* should be granted. The court was required to determine the merits of these applications within the framework of the relevant provisions of the Act.

Austin J dismissed all applications made by the applicant and the first respondent under Part VIIIAB of the *Family Law Act*. The court discharged all existing interim orders and reserved costs for a period of 28 days. Orders determining the proceedings as between the applicant, second respondent, and third respondent had previously been made on 10 March 2015.