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Donata & Hannes (No 2) [2024] FedCFamC2F 277

16 May, 2024

Ages: Applicant (60), respondent (57) Relationship: 14-year de facto relationship Children: None from the relationship Asset pool: About $531,000 (including superannuation and add-backs) Division: 50% each ($265,125.50 each, inclusive of a superannuation split)

Final Property Orders

Essa & Azghar [2024] FedCFamC2F 255

16 May, 2024

Ages: Husband (56), Wife (46) Relationship: 12-year marriage Children: 2 of the marriage (aged 14 and 9); each party also has a child from a prior relationship Asset pool: $1,630,793 Division: Husband 47.5% (non-super), Wife 52.5% (non-super), equal superannuation

Final Property Orders

Ekrem & Ekrem [2024] FedCFamC2F 310

16 May, 2024

Ages: Husband (53), Wife (44) Relationship: 21-year marriage Children: 2 (one adult; one aged 7) Asset pool: $4,013,952.96 non-superannuation plus $343,593 superannuation (two pools) Division: Non-superannuation pool 58% to the wife, 42% to the husband; superannuation split of $29,903 to the wife

Final Property Orders

Bardes & Mumford [2024] FedCFamC2F 247

16 May, 2024

Ages: Not stated (the court found the parties were of a similar age) Relationship: 20-year marriage Children: 3 children, aged 14, 13, and 11 Asset pool: $1,310,748.06 (including superannuation and business interests) Division: 55% Wife, 45% Husband, with instalment payments possible

Final Property Orders

Guan & Shen [2024] FedCFamC2F 117

16 May, 2024

Ages: Mother (41), father (50) Relationship: 16 years de facto Children: 2 children (12, 11) Asset pool: About $2.7 million in net real property (three New South Wales properties and two overseas properties of the father), plus the mother's superannuation of about $160,000 Division: The mother kept her two properties and 80% of the net sale proceeds of the third; the court calculated that she would receive about $1.9 million of the real property and the father about $850,000

Final Property OrdersParenting OrdersBinding Financial Agreements

Rowland & Rowland [2024] FedCFamC2F 7

07 May, 2024

Ages: Husband (50), Wife (41) Relationship: 13 years of cohabitation (11 years married) Children: 3 children, aged 11, 11 and 8 Asset pool: $2,669,567 Division: Wife 55%, Husband 45%

Final Property Orders

Kay & Schofield [2024] FedCFamC2F 195

26 April, 2024

Ages: Husband (50), Wife (47) Relationship: 25-year marriage Children: 2 adults (19, 22) Asset pool: $1,074,613 (including super) Division: Husband 47.5%, Wife 52.5%

Final Property Orders

Wallington & Spina (No 2) [2023] FedCFamC2F 1017

26 April, 2024

Ages: Female partner (58), male partner (69) Relationship: 5.5 years de facto Children: None together; she has 3 adult children, he has 2 children Asset pool: $7,204,881 (including add-backs and superannuation) Division: Female partner 14.5%, male partner 85.5%

Final Property Orders

Delmont & Simms [2024] FedCFamC2F 113

26 April, 2024

Ages: Not specified Relationship: 26-year de facto Children: 3, all now adults (the youngest was 16 at separation) Asset pool: $392,644 (including super) Division: De facto wife 60%, De facto husband 40%

Final Property Orders

Acerra & Calvi [2024] FedCFamC2F 110

18 April, 2024

Ages: Applicant (wife) - about 58 (three years younger than the husband), Respondent (husband) - 61 years Relationship: Approximately 30 years de facto Children: Two adult children, one with "high needs" aged 19 Asset pool: Two jointly owned properties to be sold, a testamentary trust valued at $700,055 and other assets; superannuation treated separately and equalised Division: Non-superannuation assets: Husband 54%, Wife 46%

Final Property Orders

Mansour & Kaleel (No 2) [2024] FedCFamC2F 107

18 April, 2024

Ages: Husband (64), Wife (48) Relationship: 2-year marriage Children: Wife has 1 child (14) from a previous relationship with complex medical issues Asset pool: $2,469,419 Division: Non-superannuation pool 90% wife, 10% husband; each kept own superannuation; wife to pay the husband $294,620

Binding Financial AgreementsFinal Property Orders

Hainsworth & Pardue [2024] FedCFamC2F 121

09 April, 2024

Ages: Husband (52), wife (39) Relationship: 13-year de facto Children: 1 child, age 16 Asset pool: $618,095 (including super) Division: Husband 52.5%, wife 47.5%

Final Property OrdersSpousal Maintenance

Otmar & Mack [2024] FedCFamC2F 37

09 April, 2024

Ages: Mother (50), father (52) Relationship: 18 years de facto (cohabited from 2003) Children: 2 (18 and 16 years old) Asset pool: About $663,735 non-superannuation (expected to be about $650,000 after the companies are wound up) Division: Father 58%, Mother 42%

Parenting OrdersFinal Property Orders

Visser & Drost (No 3) [2024] FedCFamC2F 118

27 March, 2024

Ages: Husband (50), Wife (48) Relationship: 3-year marriage Children: 1 adult child of the wife from a previous relationship Asset pool: Non-superannuation property in substance the Suburb C property, valued at $850,000 (inherited by the husband after separation); husband's superannuation almost $400,000 Division: About 10% to the wife for contributions plus 2% for future needs, so 12% of the non-superannuation pool ($102,000), reduced by an earlier $10,000 payment and $9,000 costs to $83,000

Final Property Orders

Sardo & Sardo [2023] FedCFamC2F 1015

08 March, 2024

Ages: Husband (49), Wife (47) Relationship: 23-year marriage Children: 2 (aged 15 and 19), both living with the husband Asset pool: $2,917,794 non-superannuation (including a $6,510 add-back); superannuation dealt with separately Division: Non-superannuation 67.5% to the wife, 32.5% to the husband; superannuation equalised

Expert EvidenceFinal Property Orders

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