Vale and Vale (No 8)

In the matter of *Vale and Vale (No 8)*, Hogan J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application filed on behalf of a child, B. The precise nature of the dispute is not detailed in the provided extract, beyond the fact that it was an "Application in a Case".

The central legal issue before the court was whether to grant the application filed on behalf of the child, B. The court was required to determine the merits of this application and decide whether it should proceed.

Hogan J dismissed the application. The reasoning behind this decision is not elaborated upon in the provided text. The court's final order was that the Application in a Case filed on behalf of the child, B, on 3 November 2016, be dismissed.