Marital Assets
Three people from a polyamorous relationship that ended are now fighting for control of their luxury home in a first-of-its-kind legal battle…
A Brisbane judge who sentenced a father of two to jail for contempt of court in a family law case has been sharply criticised by Family Court appeal judges, who described his decision as an “affront to justice”…
Changes were made to the Family Law Act in 1975 that did away with moralising about infidelity…
Karl Stefanovic will reportedly pay his ex-wife, Cassandra Thorburn, $35,000 of child support a month, following the recent divorce of the couple…
Tax liabilities may not rank highly in the heat of a divorce but when a couple splits assets – particularly property – there are tax hurdles that many people don’t expect but can still come back to bite…
Joanne Young has been battling for years to secure a $3 million settlement from her ex-husband. So far she hasn’t got a cent…
Two Melbourne apartments once owned by disgraced doctor Geoffrey Edelsten were offloaded in a fire sale this weekend, but his ex-wife has staked her claim on the properties amid their ongoing divorce battle…
A study from the Australian Institute of Family Studies has shown divorced men have higher average incomes, but lower satisfaction, than divorced women…
Chris Soteriou says his ex-wife, Vicky Soteriou, who plotted his attempted murder – is transferring property to her family from prison to stop him from collecting any money she owes him as a result of suing Vicky for civil damages over the attack…
A recent large-scale AIFS study of post-separation property division in a decade — involving 9000 separated parents from around Australia — has found most divorcing couples manage to divide their assets themselves without lawyers…