by nevettford | Feb 9, 2020 | Family Law, Wills & Estates
Are you worried if your former spouses or former domestic partners may be entitled to your estate if you pass away shortly after separation? There are several ways that former spouses and domestic partners might be entitled to a share in your estate once you are...
by nevettford | Dec 17, 2019 | Family Law
According to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on 27 November 2019, the most popular season to marry was spring, representing 31.8% of all marriages. In 2018, the most popular day was Saturday 20 October – on that day, 1,993 couples across...
by nevettford | Aug 27, 2019 | Family Law
Headlines have been made recently with the news and allegations that an astronaut on the international space station may have accessed financial documents belonging to her wife (who was not in space at the time). The astronaut in question is alleged to have gone...
by nevettford | Jun 25, 2019 | Family Law
It’s common for modern entrants into the property market to have had some assistance getting there. You might have heard of the term ‘the Bank of Mum and Dad’ to refer to when parents or family members have assisted someone in helping with a deposit on a property. But...
by nevettford | Apr 11, 2019 | Family Law
We get this question, or a variant of this question very commonly. Part of the stages of a property division in Australia is considering each party’s future earning capacity. In response, people often have some ideas about how they might maximise the funds they...
