Walmsley and Walmsley (No 4)

In *Walmsley and Walmsley (No 4)*, Dawe J of the Family Court of Australia considered applications made by both the father and the wife concerning property settlement and final orders. The father had filed an Initiating Application on 21 February 2008, which was subsequently amended, seeking final orders. The wife had also filed a Further Amended Response to Initiating Application on 20 April 2010, by way of property settlement.

The court was required to determine the disposition of the father's applications for final orders and the wife's property settlement claim. Additionally, the court had to consider the wife's Application in a Case filed on 5 July 2010 and the husband's Application in a Case and Response filed on 21 July 2010.

Dawe J dismissed the father's Initiating Application and all further amended applications for final orders. The wife's property settlement claim, as outlined in her Further Amended Response, was permitted to proceed on an undefended basis for a final hearing. The court also dismissed the wife's Application in a Case and the husband's Application in a Case and Response. The final hearing for the wife's property settlement claim was scheduled for 19 October 2010, with an estimated duration of half to one day.