Wei & Wong

In the matter of Wei & Wong, Young J of the Family Court of Australia considered applications concerning child and parenting, and property and financial matters. The dispute involved the wife and husband, who were seeking various orders from the court.

The court was required to determine the procedural steps necessary to advance the resolution of the parties' dispute. This included the form and content of amended applications and responses, the disclosure of financial documents, and the valuation of a specific property. The court also had to consider the consolidation of earlier court files and the costs associated with the proceedings.

Young J ordered that the further hearing of all extant applications be adjourned to the Judicial Duty List. Specific directions were given for the wife to file and serve an amended application and a statement of financial circumstances within seven days. The husband was then required to file and serve an amended response and his own statement of financial circumstances within fourteen days thereafter. Furthermore, both parties were directed to exchange specified documents within twenty-one days, and to appoint a single valuation expert at their joint expense to value a particular property. The court also ordered the consolidation of earlier court files and reserved the wife's costs of the day.