Relationship breakdowns are frequently likened to a death. Certainly, like a death, there is a good degree of grieving involved, along with the more practical management of affairs. During what is nearly always an emotional time this can seem like an insurmountable challenge. Property Settlement is an arrangement about how you and your ex-spouse or domestic partner distribute property. It … [Read more...]
Delaying Property Settlement: Understanding the Risks
So you’ve been separated for a while and you haven’t yet managed to get around to sorting out the property settlement. Life gets busy. You might be operating in a ‘state of denial’ and emotionally unprepared to deal with it. Sometimes reluctance simply stems from the reality that things are so complicated that you ‘just know’ that you will need to pay a lawyer to sort it all out. Whatever your … [Read more...]
Furniture Valuations, the Property Settlement and Family Law
I left my husband 2 months ago without a single stick of furniture and just one suitcase of clothes. I am happy for my ex to keep the house and all the furniture and contents. I want to start afresh, with new stuff, without any reminders of my miserable marriage and old life. I have receipts for most of the furniture so it should be easy for him to pay me half of what we originally paid and I … [Read more...]
