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family law



WHAT TO TELL THE KIDS
There is no good time to tell children that their parents are separating.
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ANNULMENTS
Most people associate the term annulment with couples wanting a marriage to be declared null and void as far as a particular church or relig
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WHO GETS THE PETS?
Under Australian family law, pets are considered ‘chattels’. This means that they are a personal possession and regarded as an item of prope
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GRANDPARENTS
A child’s extended family and particularly grandparents can be a very important part of a child’s life and can play an important role in the
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DE FACTO PARTNERS
The court will look at a number of circumstances to determine whether a de facto situation is in place, including the intermingling of your
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SEPARATION & DIVORCE
A separation occurs when one of the parties ends the relationship. Often, they will communicate their intention to leave and other times wil
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DATE OF SEPARATION
It may be that 2 or 3 years have passed since you separated. The pool to be divided will include any new assets that either of you have acqu
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DISCLOSURE
This duty of disclosure can extend to and include information and documents that the other party knows nothing about. As long as the materi
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SPLITTING SUPER
If you are going through a relationship breakdown, you need to be aware that your former partner may be able to claim an interest in your su
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GAMBLING ASSETS
There have been cases where one party has been shown to have gambled assets recklessly or entered into commercially inept arrangements where
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INHERITANCE
The party receiving the inheritance often believes that they should retain all of it in accordance with the wishes of the deceased. The othe
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TYPES OF DV
The fact that there is no physical violence does not mean that domestic violence has not occurred.
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DEFINING DV
Under the prior act, the parties had to establish that they were in a domestic relationship and that acts of domestic violence had occurred
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SEPARATING PROPERTY
If you are able to come to an agreement about how to divide the property, it is important to remember that “hand shake agreements” are not r
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OLDER CHILDREN
Can my older child decide? A common misconception in family law is that that older children have the right to decide the parenting...
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