Divorce and Sep­a­ra­tion — What you need to know

Jun 13, 2019

How long do I have to be sep­a­rat­ed before I can divorce my spouse? A divorce is the Court’s recog­ni­tion that a mar­riage no…
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Super­an­nu­a­tion and rela­tion­ship breakdown

Mar 25, 2019

The Aus­tralian Finan­cial Review recent­ly ran an opin­ion piece (by Tim Mack­ay) on the ATO announc­ing that it is using…
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An employ­ment and fam­i­ly law guide to fam­i­ly and domes­tic vio­lence in the workplace

Feb 18, 2019

Intro­duc­tion In 2018 Fam­i­ly and Domes­tic Vio­lence Leave was intro­duced to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (Fair Work Act)…
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Com­mis­sion­er of Tax­a­tion v Tomaras: High Court rules that tax debts can be trans­ferred between spouse parties

Jan 29, 2019

Gen­er­al­ly, debts of par­ties to a mar­riage (or de fac­to rela­tion­ship) which were incurred dur­ing the mar­riage, are paid out of…
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We can’t agree about our child’s reli­gion. What will the Court do?

Jan 11, 2019

In deter­min­ing par­ent­ing arrange­ments for chil­dren, the Court’s para­mount con­sid­er­a­tion is to make Orders which are in the best inter­est…
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‘Tis the sea­son: a word about gifts in your fam­i­ly law prop­er­ty settlement

Dec 20, 2018

It’s the time of year where most of us are busi­ly engaged in buy­ing last-minute gifts for our friends and…
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Infor­mal Prop­er­ty Set­tle­ments: When will the Court decline to make Prop­er­ty Set­tle­ment Orders?

Dec 18, 2018

The recent appeals deci­sion in the mat­ter of Hor­ri­g­an & Jen­nings [2018] FAMCAFC206 has high­light­ed the will­ing­ness of the Court to…
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The Role of Expert Evi­dence in Fam­i­ly Law

Dec 14, 2018

If you are sep­a­rat­ed and look­ing to obtain a final prop­er­ty set­tle­ment, the very first step you will be required to…
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But What Does It Mean? Inter­pret­ing Bind­ing Finan­cial Agreements

Dec 12, 2018

Par­ties gen­er­al­ly enter into Bind­ing Finan­cial Agree­ments at the begin­ning of a rela­tion­ship, to pro­tect the assets they bring into the…
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Death and fam­i­ly law prop­er­ty proceedings

Dec 7, 2018

If you and your for­mer part­ner are unable to agree to the terms of a prop­er­ty set­tle­ment, one of you will…
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