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Are you separating?

Do you know if you will stay in your family home or will you go?

Who has the rights to stay in the home?

What are the implications if staying?

After a marriage or relationship breaks down, the issue of whether to stay in the family home or leave is a hotly contested issue. This is especially emotive when children are involved.

Is your spouse a narcissist? Is your spouse a bully? Our infographic shows a list of traits that you may find in a narcissist.

Is your spouse a narcissist? Is your spouse a bully? Do they have the following traits:-

-Wants to control you and any situation?
-Needs to be right?
-Always wants to be seen as the good guy?
-Is quick to criticise when you don’t meet expectations?
-Lacks the ability to feel remorse?
-Pretends to be loving or caring – but is actually manipulating?
-Is emotionally distant?
-Believes it’s always someone else’s fault?
-Is unforgiving and resentful?
-Is not interested in compromising- -it is their way or the highway!

Sometimes, the first you know about your spouse filing a family law application against you is when a process server knocks on your door to serve you with the Court Application. Whilst a natural reaction for you may be to avoid being served with the court document, this may end up being to your disadvantage.

People commonly mistake the position at law and think that you need to be divorced in order to have a property settlement; this is not the case. For the Family Law Courts to make orders dividing property there is a requirement that the parties are separated and there is no requirement for a Divorce.

The NSW Government will re-introduce the National Cabinet’s Mandatory Code of Conduct for Commercial Leasing to mandate rent relief for eligible tenants impacted by COVID-19.

What we learn from years of experience in Family Law is that most clients don’t want to go Court and most clients don’t want an ugly, bitter separation with their ex-partner. They want to be more amicable, with a view to keep their relationship with their ex-partner as peaceful and cooperative as possible, especially when children are involved.

Unlike the Codes of Conduct that were brought into existence in 2020 there have been some limited relief packages released by the NSW Government due to the current lockdown in Greater Sydney and New South Wales.

In relation to Residential Tenancies if a Residential Tenant has suffered a loss of income of 25% due to COVID-19 and meets other criteria then the Tenant cannot be evicted during the period from 14 July and at this stage ending on 11 September.

What is co-parenting?
Joint parenting arrangements can be exhausting, infuriating, and fraught with stress, especially if you have a contentious relationship with your former spouse. You may feel concerned about your former spouse’s parenting abilities, stressed out about child support or other financial issues, feel worn down by conflict, or think you’ll never be able to overcome all the resentments in your relationship.