Huber v Vollmer [2004] NSWSC 703

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Huber v Vollmer [2004] NSWSC 703 HEARING DATE(S) : 02/08/2004, 03/08/2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 August 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Master Macready at 1 DECISION : Paragraph 78

CATCHWORDS : Family Law. Application for property adjustment under Property (Relationships) Act 1984. Consideration of contributions. No matter of principle. PARTIES : Guenter Hauber-Davidson v Gisella Vollmer FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2637 of 2002 COUNSEL : P. Sansom for plaintiff J. Lloyd for defendant SOLICITORS : Watts McCray for plaintiff Stuart Fowler & Partners for defendant

- 1 - IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION

Master Macready

Tuesday 24 August 2004

2637/02 Guenter Hauber-Davidson v Gisella Vollmer JUDGMENT 1 Master: This is the hearing of proceedings pursuant to the Property (Relationships) Act 1984 (NSW) (the Act) for an adjustment of the parties' property interests under s 20 of the Act. Between April 1994 and January 2001 the parties lived in a de facto relationship. They had one child, Toni who was born on 24 March 1997. The defendant's child from a previous marriage, Dennis, also resided with the parties. History of the relationship 2 The defendant (now aged 52) was born in Winnenden, Germany on 30 July 1952 and the Plaintiff (now aged 42) in Stuttgart, Germany on 8 February 1962.

3 In 1980 the defendant and Michael Herrmann's son Dennis Vollmer (now aged 23) was born.

4 In 1981 the plaintiff completed his high school studies in Stuttgart, Germany. In 1985/86 the plaintiff studied at the University of Calgary in Canada under a scholarship. In 1988 he completed his Civil/Environmental Engineering Degree Course. Subsequently he obtained employment as an Environmental Engineer. 5 In 1990 the plaintiff received a post Graduate Research Scholarship to study in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1991 the plaintiff moved to the South Island of New Zealand. He was employed by the New Zealand Ministry for Agriculture and Fisheries for 3 years and earned between $NZ45,000.00 and $NZ60,000.00 per annum.