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family law



CHILDREN'S LAWYERS
The Family Law Act recognises that there are times when the children need to have their own legal representation in a case about the future
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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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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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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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DIVORCE CONT.
You don’t need to process a formal divorce through the courts before you can commence a property settlement.
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DIVORCE
As long as the parties have been living separately and apart for a period of at least 12 months the only ground that you need to establish i
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PRE-NUPTIALS
There are very strict guidelines dealing with the making of these contracts. If they are not followed, the pre-nups can be challenged and o
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