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Spousal maintenance (4)

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The devil is in the detail - Financial agreements & spousal maintenance

The Family Law Act 1975 enables parties to a marriage to enter into financial agreements with each other: prior to a marriage (90B); during a marriage (90C); and after the breakdown of a marriage (90C). Similar provisions also exist in relatio

  • Binding financial agreement
  • Spousal maintenance
  • Family and relationship law
  • enforceable agreements

Factsheet

Divorce

Obtaining a divorce To obtain a divorce, an application for divorce is filed in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. You can apply for a divorce if: Your marriage has broken down irretrievably. There is no reasonable likelihood of resuming coha

  • Family and relationship
  • Divorce
  • Separation
  • Spousal maintenance

Factsheet

Pre-nuptial and cohabitation agreements

Parties about to embark on a relationship or marriage are increasingly turning to financial agreements, sometimes called cohabitation agreements or pre-nuptial agreements, as a way to provide some security about what may occur in the event of a break

  • Binding financial agreement
  • Spousal maintenance
  • Family and relationship law
  • enforceable agreements

Article

Think before you post: social media and family law disputes

For better or worse, social media is part of everyday life. It is extremely prevalent in modern society with platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and LinkedIn providing users with the ability to communicate and publish information

  • Relationship disputes
  • Spousal maintenance