Hall v. Hall

Lower Court Judgment

7/08/2015 Family Court of Australia (Thackray J, Strickland J & Aldridge J)

Catchwords

Family – Spousal maintenance – Appeal from an interlocutory order – Where primary judge made order that respondent husband pay spousal maintenance on the basis that applicant wife was ‘unable to support herself adequately’ under s 72(1) Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) – Where applicant wife’s deceased father’s will contains ‘wish’ that the applicant wife receives annual payment of $150,000 net of income tax until such time as she receives a payment of $16.5 million – Whether voluntary payment is a ‘financial resource’ under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth).

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