The process you’ll need to follow to formally and legally separate from your ex-partner will depend on whether you are legally married or in a civil union, or in a de facto relationship.… Read More
Enduring Powers of Attorney let you decide who can make decisions about you and your property if you can’t make those decisions due to illness or injury.… Read More
If you live with someone as a couple for three years, if the relationship ends, then any property involved is divided equally – but what exactly is “living together as a couple”? And if your relationship ends, what happens to your stuff?… Read More
Your will can be contested and it happens more often than people realise. … Read More
If you live with someone as a couple for three years, if the relationship ends, then any property involved is divided equally – but what exactly is “living together as a couple”? And if your relationship ends, what happens to your stuff?… Read More
Does your debt disappear when you die, or are your family obliged to pay your debts when you pass away?… Read More
Before giving a guarantee, whether it is for your children or your business, it pays to understand the worst case scenario.… Read More
Most of us would agree that when you have been in a relationship for a long time, had children together and worked together to build up assets for the family, the equal sharing regime put in place by the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 makes sense.… Read More
When the Property (Relationships) Act was introduced in 2001 it was heralded by some as the start of a new era in family law.… Read More
There are those who are quite content having their relationship within the realms of the casual who may be shocked to hear that it has, in fact, become a relationship that may be recognised as de facto.… Read More