Property Division

The Family Law Act requires a court to consider if the proposed orders sought by the parties are just and equitable in making decisions for married couples and de facto couples (couples who have [...]

In property proceedings you will be required to disclose to your partner during the course of preparation full and frank disclosure of property and income that will include your taxation [...]

Fraud happens not just in the workplace or in commercial life but also during and following the end of a close relationship.  Such incidents of fraud can occur when one party forges the signature [...]

It is important to work out with your financial advisers the effect on your taxation liabilities of a proposed court order.  For example, a distribution from a private company as part of a family [...]

There are many examples of one party winning the lottery in his or her sole name having purchased the ticket with or without the knowledge of the other party.

Before I entered into my marriage I had savings.  I used all of these funds to purchase with my husband our first home.  Will I retain the full value of this asset on separation? The assessment [...]

The Family Law Act refers to alteration of property interests in s79(4).  The parties must work out the pool of assets whether in a marriage or a de facto relationship and then what orders they [...]

Take this situation: The husband’s father gives the husband and the wife $250,000 before they separated for the express purpose to assist them in the purchase of their matrimonial home The [...]

On many occasions one or other partner in the marriage or the de facto relationship will receive an inheritance that is in some way applied to increase the asset base of the parties or paid to a [...]