When separating, untangling your money or responsibilities from your ex-partner can be quite messy.

It is quite common for parents to lend significant amounts of money to their adult children to help with buying their first home.

Paula Phelan is a Family Lawyer with Specialist Accreditation in this area from the Queensland Law Society. She has been a lawyer for 24...

As separation is hard enough, you do not want to add more to your plate by making some common mistakes that could have been easily avoided.

If you win a lottery or casket during the course of a relationship do you have to adjust or share the winnings with your spouse if you later

A recent case in the High Court of Australia has confirmed that pursuant to the Family Law Act, the court has the power to assign the taxati

These are often relationships or marriages that have lasted for several decades. Why after all this time do couples suddenly want out when t

The court will look at a number of circumstances to determine whether a de facto situation is in place, including the intermingling of your

A separation occurs when one of the parties ends the relationship. Often, they will communicate their intention to leave and other times wil

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

This duty of disclosure can extend to and include information and documents that the other party knows nothing about. As long as the materi

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

There have been cases where one party has been shown to have gambled assets recklessly or entered into commercially inept arrangements where

The party receiving the inheritance often believes that they should retain all of it in accordance with the wishes of the deceased. The othe