The respondent wife brought a motion for interim disbursements to fund her response to the applicant husband's pending motion for summary judgment.
The underlying family law proceeding involved the validity of two domestic contracts and the applicant's interest in two family trusts.
The court applied the test for interim disbursements under Rule 24(12) of the Family Law Rules, finding that the respondent's case had sufficient merit to warrant pursuit and that she was impecunious.
The court ordered the applicant to pay $27,000 to cover legal and accounting fees necessary to respond to the summary judgment motion.
