DE FACTO PARTNERSThe court will look at a number of circumstances to determine whether a de facto situation is in place, including the intermingling of your
SEPARATION & DIVORCEA separation occurs when one of the parties ends the relationship. Often, they will communicate their intention to leave and other times wil
DATE OF SEPARATIONIt may be that 2 or 3 years have passed since you separated. The pool to be divided will include any new assets that either of you have acqu
DISCLOSUREThis duty of disclosure can extend to and include information and documents that the other party knows nothing about. As long as the materi
SPLITTING SUPERIf you are going through a relationship breakdown, you need to be aware that your former partner may be able to claim an interest in your su
GAMBLING ASSETSThere have been cases where one party has been shown to have gambled assets recklessly or entered into commercially inept arrangements where