You may enter into a Financial Agreement: During cohabitation with your partner; Before marriage (pre-nuptial agreement); During the marriage; and After you are separated. Entering into a Financial Agreement before or during marriage gives you certainty on how your...
We have to wait 12 months after our divorce to finalise property matters For couples that are married property matters can be resolved at any time before or after separation. There is no need to wait. If there is a divorce order the divorced couple have 12 months...
In response to a spike in a number of urgent cases that have arisen due to the impact of Covid-19 the Family Court and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia have established an urgent court list to enable parties to be before the Court and have their matter processed...
What is spousal maintenance? “Maintenance” is not defined in the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (“the Act”), but has a broad definition (Branchflower & Branchflower (1980) FLC ¶90-857) Spouse maintenance is financial support paid by a party to a marriage to their...
Have you ever wondered what your rights are as a Mother or a Father? If you have, then maybe it is time to ask yourself a different question… Separation is never an easy road for families. Particularly for the children of the relationship who are often caught in the...