February 2017

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Divorce: When Dissolution is the Solution

[:en]In 2015, there were 113,595 marriages registered and 48,517 divorces granted in Australia, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The median length of time from marriage to divorce in 2015 was 12.1 years.  There is no doubt that increasingly the perceptions of Australians regarding the longevity and permanency of marriage is changing.

Prenuptial Agreements : Myth or reality?

For many years pre-nuptial agreements have been a no-go-zone for Australian lawyers, dubbed as risky and inevitably unenforceable. However, more recently the approach towards pre-nuptial agreements has softened as more and more lawyers have decided to help clients take full advantage of s90B of the Family Law Act 1975, which allows specifically for parties contemplating […]