Spousal Maintenance | Wanting to change your circumstances but terrified you will have no money?

The Family Law Act provides that a legal or de-facto spouse may claim spousal maintenance after separation. If there is a substantial difference in the incomes of the spouses at the date of separation, spousal maintenance can be payable. If a spouse is entitled to spousal maintenance, the spouse with the higher income must provide him…

Property Dilemma?

Often when relationships are formed, property boundaries become blurred. One party to the relationship may have tended to accrue more debt, and the other the hard worker who tended to save any spare funds. One party may have been the ‘breadwinner’ while the other the ‘stay at home’ parent who cared for the family? Whatever…