In the case of Guild v Stasiuk, the Court was required to determine whether a prenuptial agreement was effective in ousting or excluding the Court’s jurisdiction to consider a wife’s ...
In the case of Guild v Stasiuk, the Court was required to determine whether a prenuptial agreement was effective in ousting or excluding the Court’s jurisdiction to consider a wife’s claim for spousal maintenance after the couple had separated.
To finalise your separation with your spouse or de facto partner, you will generally need to consider more than just obtaining a divorce. There are five separate issues you may need to think about depending upon your circumstances.
Since 10 September 2019, personal cross-examination is no longer allowed in family law proceedings in which there is an allegation of family violence. Personal cross-examination is where a party (the witness party) is asked questions by another party (the examining party), instead of by a legal practitioner.
We get asked this question a lot. There appears to be a lot of uncertainty about when a relationship becomes a de facto relationship. This isn’t surprising given that different agencies, such as Centrelink or the Department of Immigration, apply different rules.
Justine Woods, a partner at Cooper Grace Ward who leads the family law team, recently authored the article Practical tips for expert witnesses in the family courts, and soon after was contacted by The Expert Witness, a popular legal publication in the United Kingdom.
If you’re in a family law dispute, is it lawful to record conversations with your former partner or with your children? If you have recorded a conversation, can the recording be used as evidence in court?
The answer to this question will depend on the orders you are seeking. The documents you need to file in court will differ, depending on whether you are seeking orders for property settlement, spousal maintenance or parenting orders.
Clients who expect to receive an inheritance often ask us whether it will be relevant to determining property settlement matters with their former spouse. The answer will depend on the facts of each matter, but an inheritance that is expected to be received in the very near future will be,
Deciding who keeps the family dog when a relationship ends, can be an extremely sensitive issue. It is inconceivable to some that their ex-spouse will keep the beloved fur-baby after they separate. Many people will spend as much time and money arguing about the family pet as they do with
Strict time limits apply to formalising property settlement matters, whether you have been in a de facto relationship or if you were married.
You might have recently seen the sad tale of Richard Zelasko, a man who celebrated winning $30 million in a US lotto draw after being separated from his wife for more than two years (his ticket cost him only $1).
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