by Pamela Cominos | Aug 12, 2017 | Divorce, Property and Money
During your separation or divorce a lot of issues will need to be resolved and one of the most important issues may be who keeps the house in divorce, this may also be the one major asset of your relationship and you and your former partner will have a lot of emotions...
by Pamela Cominos | Jun 5, 2017 | General Legal Matters, Property and Money
One of the questions I ask clients when taking their instructions for a Will is “how do you own your property- Joint tenants or Tenants in Common”? The most common answer is “jointly”. But there are two very different types of joint ownership with very different...
by Pamela Cominos | Apr 11, 2017 | Property and Money
When a relationship breaks down, the question of “who gets what?” is on everyone’s minds, but how does the Family Court of Australia determine who gets the family pet? As the High Court of Australia has made clear in Stanford v Stanford the best way to go about...
by Pamela Cominos | Dec 13, 2016 | Divorce, General Legal Matters, Property and Money
It’s very important when you go through a divorce to have a handle of your finances and to know what your debts are and what you need to live. It is also equally important to protect your money and to make sure that now that you are separated that your ex has no...
by Pamela Cominos | Oct 14, 2016 | General Legal Matters, Property and Money
Property Disputes in Family Law – Will a Caveat protect me? Property disputes arise in the context of separation when ex-spouses and partners no longer trust the other partner to do the right thing by them or to be honest in their dealings around the matrimonial...
by Pamela Cominos | Sep 14, 2016 | General Legal Matters, Parenting / Custody, Property and Money
No contravention found, when father failed to pay the children’s private school fees after separation The recent case of Harold and Harold (2016) found that a father did not contravene orders made by consent to pay half the children school fees. In this case the...
