The festive season can be a wonderfully exciting time for families, but it can also be an overwhelming and stressful time, especially when a family is going through a separation. Uncertainty and confusion about arrangements for what time the children will spend with each parent over Christmas is very common and can be one of…
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Episode 4: Financial Settlements If you go through a process of separation or divorce, do you have to have a financial settlement? You don’t have to have a financial settlement, however you leave yourself at risk of a claim in the future by your spouse or partner if you do not, particularly if you don’t…
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Summary of Episode 3: Divorce Hello, and welcome to our Family Law Q&A series with Natalie Fielding, Accredited Family Law Specialist at Lewis Holdway Lawyers. What are legal grounds for divorce in Australia? In Australia, we have “no fault” divorce so it doesn’t matter why the relationship ended. You just need to be separated for a period…
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Summary of Episode 2: Separation Hello, and welcome to our Family Law Q&A series with Natalie Fielding, Accredited Family Law Specialist at Lewis Holdway Lawyers. How can you protect yourself, your children and your property? Separation is a very emotionally bruising time in someone’s life and, for some people, the separation can come as a shock.…
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Summary of Episode 1: Binding Financial Agreements/Prenuptial Agreements Welcome to our Family Law Q&A series with Natalie Fielding, Accredited Family Law Specialist at Lewis Holdway Lawyers. What is a pre-nuptial agreement and do we have these in Australia? Yes. It’s called a Binding Financial Agreement. They act as an agreement for what will happen in the event…
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