Pub­li­ca­tions

Apr 29, 2020

COVID-19 | Spousal Main­te­nance Appli­ca­tions and Mod­i­fi­ca­tion of a Spouse Main­te­nance Order

The health and eco­nom­ic chaos caused by COVID ‑19 has already proven to be far reach­ing in Aus­tralia and through­out the World. The over­all eco­nom­ic impact and evo­lu­tion of the virus is still unknown. Aus­tralia, for now, appear to have deflect­ed the dev­as­tat­ing health cri­sis expe­ri­enced in oth­er coun­tries, how­ev­er…

Apr 26, 2020

COVID-19 | Too much time together….are you think­ing of leav­ing the Fam­i­ly Home?

Social dis­tanc­ing and trav­el restric­tions dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic is cre­at­ing stress on fam­i­lies. This stress is height­ened sig­nif­i­cant­ly if you want to sep­a­rate from your part­ner. If you find your­self in a posi­tion when you can­not take it any­more and want to leave the fam­i­ly home, it is impor­tant that…

Jul 25, 2017

Spouse Main­te­nance — FAQs

In Brief- What is Spouse Maintenance? Spouse main­te­nance is mon­ey paid by one spouse or de fac­to part­ner to the oth­er spouse or de fac­to part­ner, usu­al­ly on a week­ly or month­ly basis, to meet his or her rea­son­able liv­ing expenses. How can I apply for maintenance? You are not auto­mat­i­cal­ly enti­tled to…

Mar 18, 2016

Rela­tion­ship break downs — how do you sort out maintenance?

So, we have a rela­tion­ship break down – how do we sort the maintenance? It is one of the most chal­leng­ing aspects of fam­i­ly law – who gets what and who owes whom — when a rela­tion­ship breaks down and main­te­nance is being negotiated. Con­sid­er this arti­cle as an overview and check­list to…