Sing with me………… “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” “All I want for Christmas is you” “Have yourself a merry little Christmas” The reality is, however, for many families, Christmas is anything but joyful. Rather, it can be a period of distress,...
More often than not during property settlement matters, disclosing financial material can become a long drawn out and at times expensive process, especially when one party is reluctant to provide superannuation statements. In late May 2021, the Government released...
Calling all those English ex-pats or those Australians who have lived and worked in the UK. At the moment a couple living and divorcing in Australia but with a UK pension (superannuation) can share that pension. But not necessarily from 1 January 2021. In...
It is a simple matter of fact that many relationships, whether married or de facto, heterosexual or same-sex, will result in a separation or divorce. There are few of us who do not know someone, be it oneself, a family member or close friend/relative, whose...
Determining an accurate separation date is an essential step in a de facto property settlement. Did separation occur when you or your former spouse moved out of the house or is it possible to be separated whilst continuing to live in the same house? For a...
