But Parlour, who has a child with a new girlfriend, was and is a drinker, her lawyers claimed. Nicholas Mostyn, QC, for Mrs Parlour, said at a previous hearing the court would have no difficulty concluding "in about four years [that Parlour] will enter his twilight years and there is a real risk that he will not have husbanded his income responsibly, so as to make proper, long-term support for his family".