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If you’ve recently experienced a separation or divorce, you’ll know how hard it can be, even on the calmest of days, so you’re probably looking ahead to the upcoming holiday season with a sense of dread. If you have children with your ex-partner, the feeling of trepidation is probably even more amplified, as you’ll feel […]

Grant Hackett received more unwanted media attention with reports he was suing his solicitors for preparing a defective Financial Agreement. Hackett’s lawyers prepared a Financial Agreement (often referred to as a pre-nup) prior to his marriage to Candice Alley.  The agreement was later amended during his wife’s pregnancy with their twins. According to this SMH […]

Over the last few weeks we’ve been eploring a common separation and property settlement myth – the 50/50 split. Many people believe that the property pool must be divided in a 50/50 split regardless of any personal circumstances. This just isn’t true, and while there are no hard and fast rules the Family Law Act […]

A couple of weeks ago we started to debunk a common separation myth – the 50/50 property split. Many people believe that the property pool must be divided in a 50/50 split regardless of any personal circumstances. This just isn’t true, and while there are no hard and fast rules the Family Law Act does […]

In our last post we started to debunk a common separation myth – the 50/50 property split. Many people believe that the property pool must be divided in a 50/50 split regardless of any personal circumstances. This just isn’t true, and while there are no hard and fast rules, the Family Law Act does set […]

There are a lot of myths surrounding de facto separation and divorce in Australia. One is that assets are split 50/50 between the parties. The fact is, there is no set percentage split ratio that separating couples should use when dividing the assets and liabilities after a relationship breakdown.  Each situation is unique and based […]