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The questions separating Australians actually ask, explored in more detail than a single page can hold. Parenting, financial settlement, and the process of Family Dispute Resolution.
Can you do family dispute resolution if English is not your first language?
If English is not your first language, you can still take part in family dispute resolution in Australia, and you can do it in the language you are most comfortable using. Because the service is…
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Does the higher earner get a bigger share of the property?
A property developer on the Gold Coast built a business worth about forty million dollars. When his marriage of twenty nine years ended, he argued that his ingenuity and his stewardship of that…
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Do de facto couples split property the same as married couples?
A man and a woman carried on an intimate relationship for seventeen years. He helped her buy a house and supported her with regular payments. When it ended, she asked a court to divide their…
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Do grandparents have a right to see their grandchildren in Australia?
When grandparents lose contact with their grandchildren after a separation or a family rift, the first question is almost always the same. Do I have a right to see them? The honest answer is no,…
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Can you change final parenting orders in Australia?
Final parenting orders sound permanent. The name suggests the matter is closed for good. It is not. Parenting orders can be changed, but how you go about it depends on one thing above all: whether…
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Can you get spousal maintenance after separating in Australia?
"Alimony" is a word most Australians know from American television, not from anything in Australian law. The local version is called spousal maintenance, and it is one of the most misunderstood…
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Is technology-facilitated abuse a form of family violence in Australia?
Separation increasingly plays out through phones, accounts, and apps, and so does control. Using technology to monitor, track, or frighten a former partner has a name: technology-facilitated…
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How much does a divorce cost in Australia?
If you ask how much a divorce costs in Australia, the honest answer comes in two very different parts, and most people are quoted only the small one. The divorce itself, the legal end of the…
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Does family violence affect a property settlement in Australia?
For a long time, people who had been through family violence found it hard to have that experience reflected in how their property was divided. The law allowed it, but it sat in case law rather…
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If your ex breaks a parenting order, do you have to go back to mediation first?
In most cases, yes. If the other parent breaks a parenting order, you generally have to make a genuine effort at Family Dispute Resolution before you can apply to the court about it. The Family…
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Can the court still add back money your ex spent in a property settlement?
One of the most common questions in a financial separation sounds simple. My ex drained the joint account, ran up the credit cards, or spent tens of thousands on legal fees and a new car. Can the…
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Can a parent take a child interstate or overseas without the other parent's consent?
Few questions cause more panic after separation than whether the other parent can take the children away. The honest answer depends on one thing most people skip past: are we talking about a move…
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