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family law



PROTECTING YOUR ASSETS
When separating, untangling your money or responsibilities from your ex-partner can be quite messy.
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THE BANK OF MUM AND DAD
It is quite common for parents to lend significant amounts of money to their adult children to help with buying their first home.
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MISTAKES TO AVOID PT 2
Paula Phelan is a Family Lawyer with Specialist Accreditation in this area from the Queensland Law Society. She has been a lawyer for 24...
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MISTAKES TO AVOID
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.
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LOTTERY
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
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DEBT IN SETTLEMENT
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
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RETIRED & SEPARATING
These are often relationships or marriages that have lasted for several decades. Why after all this time do couples suddenly want out when t
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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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