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Key decisions

  • Shinohara & Shinohara [2025] FedCFamC1A 126
  • Yeng & Sun [2025] FedCFamC1A 106
  • Jakobsson & Jakobsson (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC1A 137
  • Independent Children’s Lawyer & Holgersen [2025] FedCFamC1A 131

PROPERTY

Section 79(3) requires court to identify and adjust existing property – add backs taken up as part of holistic weighing of contributions or s 79(5)

In Shinohara & Shinohara [2025] FedCFamC1A 126 (23 July 2025), the Full Court (Williams, Altobelli and Campton JJ) allowed in part a mother’s appeal against parenting and property orders of Wilson J.

At trial, the parties provided the Court with an agreed list of assets that included $589,155 of sale proceeds, $239,992 of notional add backs of the father and $352,776 of notional add backs of the mother, reflecting partial property settlements and amounts released to each party prior to trial (at [83]).

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