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Many clients who come to see me about family law settlements are under the mistaken belief that the date that they separated from their partner is determinative of not only what assets are “included” in the asset pool, but also is determinative of when their...
If you have separated from your partner and are sorting out your property rights, does it matter if you are likely to one day receive an inheritance from, say, your mother, but she’s still alive? As a general rule the type of cases in which the anticipated inheritance...
Under the Family Law Act, spouses (and this includes de facto spouses) have an obligation to financially support each other. This is called “spousal maintenance”, and normally takes the form of a weekly payment from one spouse to the other, unrelated to child support....
