At SLF Lawyers we are often asked about how family violence intervention orders impact spend time arrangements with children in families who are separated. Parenting Orders A Parenting Order are orders made about parenting arrangements of a child or children in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Once made orders and binding and...
Estates are often contested among the family of the deceased, most often arising in the context of a beneficiary named in the will of the deceased being dissatisfied with the amount of money (or other assets) left to them. In Queensland, the statutory mechanism by which a disaffected individual (often a beneficiary) can seek to...
So, who were they? Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 (EWCA) – it is a case those in the legal profession are all too familiar. It is the case relied upon when making a ‘Calderbank Offer’. While litigators are familiar with the key features of a Calderbank offer, clients will usually not understand...
Going through a separation can often be one of the most stressful, confusing and emotionally debilitating times in your life. On top of this, if you have been together for a while, there can be a lot to divide between each other – furniture, housing and especially money. Often during the emotional turmoil of a...
Christmas is a challenging time of year for families going through separation, 2021 has compounded this with the added stress and complexity that the Covid-19 pandemic has added to Christmas and the summer holidays. We are out of lockdown and back on the beers, but we are far from finished dealing with Covid-19 and its...
One question we are often asked is ‘how can I protect my assets from my new partner?’. If you are in a de facto relationship your partner has two years from separation to make a claim on your assets if they can establish one of the following: You lived together as a couple on a...
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