Results for: Binding Financial Agreements
Around Australia, many family lawyers are on a delicate mission: helping parents and grandparents navigate how to help loved ones financially while still protecting their assets if there’s a break-up…
Planning a wedding can feel all-encompassing, and in this age of Instagram, the pressures seem higher than ever to create a picture-perfect day. But getting married isn’t the same thing as being married. If therapists like me had our way, there would be far more preparation and discussion around the latter than the former…
As a divorce lawyer practicing in Sydney for the last 15 years, I have learnt something important: the only person you can count on is yourself…
A court has given the green light for a family lawyer to be sued for misleading and deceptive conduct over claims he failed to properly advise a woman about the consequences of signing a prenuptial agreement…
The High Court has torn up a prenuptial agreement between a wealthy Australian property developer and his online bride, who was pressured into signing the document after he threatened to call off the wedding…
Family lawyers have reported a sharp increase in demand for prenups, or binding financial agreements, which state how assets, liabilities and financial resources will be divided in the event of a relationship breakdown…
To prevent nasty or embarrassing pictures or comments being aired by your ex, some couples are including “social media clauses” in their prenuptial agreements…
Parents wanting to help children buy their first home, but who want to retain control, can buy a property in their name or that of a trust. The problem is at some point the property must be transferred into the son or daughter’s name…
A Communist Party official is relieved of his duties after a contract between him and his mistress leaked onto the internet revealing how the pair had agreed binding terms for their illicit affair…
A FATHER of two from Balgowlah has been awarded up to $800,000 in damages after he successfully sued his lawyers for negligence claiming a pre-nup they created was useless in shielding his assets from a divorce…