Tag: property issues

Property issues in a de facto relationship Australia The Family Court of Australia has jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (“the Act”) to determine matters relating to property as between parties who have not been married, where the parties have lived in a de facto relationship for a period of no less than two years and the relationship finally ended after 1 March 2009, the date on which the particular provisions of the Act commenced. The touchstone or foundational...

The Kennon Principle- Kennon & Kennon [1997] FamCA 27; (1997) FLC 92-757 (“Kennon”). Violent Conduct & The Effect On Property Issues. [caption id="attachment_13897" align="alignright" width="350"] Violent Conduct & The Effect On Property Issues[/caption] Where there is a course of violent conduct by one party towards the other during the marriage which is demonstrated to have had a significant adverse impact upon that party’s contributions to the marriage, or, put the other way, to have made his or her contributions significantly more arduous than they ought to...

Want Separation? Do Negotiation, Collaborative Practice, Mediation to resolve all the issues arising from a separation We want to separate. Where do we go from here? It's very important to do negotiation, collaborative practice, and mediation before separation. Many couples who separate can agree on what they wish to happen in relation to a distribution of their assets and if there are children, the arrangements which they wish to make and put in place for the children’s future. When couples...