How do you get spousal maintenance?

Contributions and Adjustments in Property Cases - When will the Court Help Someone who is Disadvantaged?
Beware of the time in which you must commence proceedings Commencing Application for Property Division Out of Time – Demonstrating Hardship
Coming Out Ahead – “Winning” the Property Division
Caveats and Family Law
Setting Aside/Re-opening Property Settlement - New Evidence - Failure to Disclose Assets
Short Marriages – Do You Come Out With What You Put In? Getting the Benefit of Your Contributions
Complex Property Cases – The Husband, The Wife, The Company Liquidator and The Trustee in Bankruptcy
Protecting Your Inheritance – How Does the Family Court Take into Account an Inheritance Received in Circumstances Where the Parties Have Separated and One Party Receives an Inheritance?
Property Disputes - When can I change the locks?
Property Settlement - Protect your Interest in Real Estate from a Co-Owner – Early Action may Protect your Interest and Protect your Case
Property Division – At what date will the Court look at the value of the property – Separation or at hearing?
What Happens when your Relationship ends? Property Settlements Between De Facto Partners
Recent Decisions - Property – How will a Court take into account the proceeds of a personal injury compensation payment - How will the Court regard gambling by the husband or the wife?
Deceased Estates – Can my Ex-Spouse or Partner Make a Claim on My Estate?
Federal Circuit Court of Australia – Recent Changes to Conduct of Property Proceedings – Priority Property Pools Under $500,000 – Costs Efficient Procedures
Expert Evidence of No Use if it is Not Admissible to be accepted by the Court
Capital Gains Tax – Who has to pay the Tax?
Will the Family Court Look at Initial Contributions of a Party – Assets Brought by one Party into the Marriage?
When can a Property Settlement be reopened? Can Court Orders be set aside? Are Binding Financial Agreements Bullet Proof?
The Duty to make full and frank Financial Disclosure – This is Fundamental in for Family Law Property Cases
What is Spousal Maintenance? When will I be Entitled to Spousal Maintenance and How Much Will I Be Paid?
Property Division Cases in the Family Court of Australia – Prepare Properly or Risk Failing
Property Settlements and Covid-19 – Is it Safe to Settle – Should I Wait?
Expert Evidence in Family Law – Property Cases
Time Limitations Applying to the Commencement of Property Cases in the Family Court of Australia
Making sure your Property Settlement is Final
Opinion Evidence required to be given in accordance with the Evidence Act
Personal Injury Awards and Family Law – Will I get to keep my compensation
No Contributions Can Result in no property division – The Case of Babray
Parenting Applications – Family Dispute Resolution – Case Dismissed for Non Compliance
Tax Commission not paid in full – Wife received net assets in preference to those assets being available to pay Husband’s outstanding taxation liability
De Facto Relationships - Is a Property Settlement Always a Certainty? Recent Case Law
Keeping the Home – At what cost is it viable?
Wife Fails in Claim to keep Matrimonial Home at great Costs
Post Separation Contributions – Will You Get Credit for Things That You Do and Money That You Earn After Separation?
Property Division Short Marriages or Relationships – What is Appropriate when the Marriage or Relationship is Short?
A Fresh Look at Spousal Maintenance – How much do I Have to Pay? How Long Do I Have to Pay?
Family Violence: Can this be relevant to property division proceedings – Yes it can
Who Lost the Money? Who pays for the Loss or Waste of Assets in a Property Division?
Adjustment of Debt in Family Law Property Divisions– Can one party end up with the debts of both parties to the Marriage - Effect on third parties?
What happens when a party to the proceedings dies?
Parties to Property Proceedings – The Husband, The Wife and Who Else? Who can and should intervene in Proceedings? Third Parties in Property Proceedings.
Partners Operating a Small Business –Avoid Appointment of Receiver and Manager
Valuation of Superannuation for Splitting the Superannuation Benefits between the parties to a marriage or defacto relationship
Addbacks to the Property Pool
Collaborative Law – The way forward when there are significant Court delays Court or Primary Dispute Resolution
Capital Gains Tax in Property/Financial settlement matters – Who Pays the Tax?
Asset by Asset – Division of Property in the Family Court
Family Law Property Division – Valuation of Businesses and Shares
Family Law – Bad Decision – What Can You Do – Should An Appeal Be Filed
Property Cases - Significance of Initial Contributions on Final Outcome of Property Division
Achieving Settlement in Circumstances of Overwhelming Opposition
Property Settlement – Who Gets to Live in the House after Separation and for How Long?
Superannuation Splitting – What is it – How does it work
Contributions to Property – Who Made Them – The Biggest Contributor may not always be the winner – One must consider the parties needs
Final Settlement – Making sure your Settlement is Final
Family Law Property Settlements – Is your personal injury or compensation claim safe?
Think Before You Post – Social Media Postings and Family Law
What happens – Family Law Proceedings in Different Countries Anti-suit Injunction to Stop Proceedings
Application for Spousal Maintenance - not required to exhaust capital to obtain an order for Spousal Maintenance
Binding Financial Agreements - Pre Nuptial Agreements – Are they bulletproof?
Waste or Reckless conduct by one party to a marriage or de facto relationship - Consequences
Successful business destroyed by dispute without regard to protection of business – Second Opinion Sought
Property Division and Settlement – When to settle – Now or Later
Valuation of Assets – At What Date Does the Court Value the Assets
Consent Orders dealing with property matters following breakdown of a De Facto relationship or Marriage – Do they survive a rekindling of the Relationship
Valuation of Assets – At What Date Does the Court Value the Assets
Does a Party Have a Caveatable Interest in Real Estate property not owned by one or other of the parties to the marriage or de facto relationship?
Assets in the Hands of Third Parties – Be Aware
Property Division - How Does the Family Court Provide a Fair Outcome for Both Parties?
Property Matters – Assessment Process by the Court
Financial Assistance by a Parent – What are the ramifications on property settlement?
Property Settlements - Early resolution by Mediation
Add back $90,000.00 lost after separation not added back to pool of assets
Add Back to Assets pool – where waste by one party
Relevant Court in Family Law Matters - New Zealand or Australia?
Divorcing High Wealth Individuals Protection of Present & Future Assets / Earnings
Re-opening Property Cases and Setting Aside Court Orders
Division of Property including business under which both parties were involved
Capital Gains Tax Implications for Property Division
Binding Financial Agreement separate Agreements in one Document
Full Court of the Family Court upholds Binding Financial Agreement
Family Law Documentation of Negotiated Agreement
Property Settlement – Informal Property Agreement – or Non Complying Binding Financial Agreements – Do they have any merit?
Husband’s Significant Post Separation Earnings – Shared but not always
Dividing Matrimonial Property - Family Trusts – How are they dealt with?
Moneys provided by parents of wife - is it a gift or loan?
Gifts and Loan from Wife’s parents Long Marriage – wife receives property settlement approximately 75% of net assets
Overseas Assets; New Zealand – separating in different countries – Property settlement agreement
Dividing Superannuation as part of Property Settlement
Superannuation – Splitting Order – How does it work?
Significant Assets - Long Marriage; Achieving Early Resolution of Property Settlement Agreement
Exclusive Occupancy of Matrimonial Home granted to wife pending final hearing – What are the relevant considerations?
Time Limits for Commencement of Proceedings for Property Division
Business Valuation – How does the Family Court value a Business?
Valuing a Business – Who gets the business, at what valuation?
Valuation of Business – Fundamental Principles
Offers of Settlement Underutilised – Important Option – Almost never too early to make an offer
Legal Costs in Family Law matters – who pays?
Short Marriage - Separate Assets dealt with separately by the Court

Spouses are generally expected to be self-supporting following separation.

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