OSD Presents… Handy Hints

30 August 2023

By Janelle Walsh

Handy Hints (1) – Relevant documents disclosure

Handy Hints (2) – Domestic violence resources

Handy Hints (3) – Working from home tips

Handy Hints (4) – COVID-19 impact on child support payments

Handy Hints (5) – COVID-19 impact on child care arrangements

Handy Hints (6) – Firm security: Part 1

Handy Hints (7) – Firm security: Part 2

Handy Hints (8) – Children over 5 years of age are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination.

Handy Hints (9) – COVID-19 impact of spousal maintenance payments

Handy Hints (10) – Tips to maintain a healthy workplace environment working from home

Handy Hints (11) – Maintaining handover arrangements during COVID-19

Handy Hints (12) – Factoring in inheritance in family law proceedings

Handy Hints (13) – Relevance of the cause of the breakdown of a relationship in family law proceedings

Handy Hints (14) – Obtaining Family Dispute Resolution Certificates

Handy Hints (15) – Disbursement of superannuation

Handy Hints (16) – What to do when separating

Handy Hints (17) – Importance of valuing assets

Handy Hints (18) – Financial support for single, expecting mothers

Handy Hints (19) – Time limit to initiate proceedings following a divorce

Handy Hints (20) – Varying Financial Orders made on a final basis

Handy Hints (21) – What to do if your handwriting or signature has been forged

Handy Hints (22) – 10 reasons you can request to alter the Child Support Assessment

Handy Hints (23) – How to collect your belongings when bound by a Family Violence Restraining Order

Handy Hints (24) – How to contact Police when you are unable to speak on the phone

Handy Hints (25) – When to obtain a Parenting Plan

Handy Hints (26) – Acting in the best interest of the children

Handy Hints (27) – … but who gets the dog?

Handy Hints (28) – Importance of updating your Will

Handy Hints (29) – Benefits of using Arbitration

Handy Hints (30) – Shared parental responsibility

Handy Hints (31) – Altering Parenting Orders

Handy Hints (32) – What to do when your partner or spouse will not move out

Handy Hints (33) – Ongoing disclosure obligations

Handy Hints (34) – Reviewing documents favouring your spouse or partner following separation

Handy Hints (35) – Child contact services and what they offer

Handy Hints (36) – Spousal or de facto partner maintenance

Handy Hints (37) – Applying for a Family Violence Restraining Order online

Handy Hints (38) – The right to Appeal

Handy Hints (39) – What to do when served with an Interim Violence Restraining Order

Handy Hints (40) – Tips for using social media following separation

Handy Hints (41) – Changes to the Violence Restraining Order process in WA

Handy Hints (42) – Applying for an assessment of child support

Handy Hints (43) – Determining the best interests of the child

Handy Hints (44) – Capacity to contribute to private school fees following separation

Handy Hints (45) – What is Arbitration?

Handy Hints (46) – Estate Planning

Handy Hints (47) – What is Family Dispute Resolution

Handy Hints (48) – Limitation period before applying for a divorce

Handy Hints (49) – Determining a de facto relationship in WA

Handy Hints (50) – Can I protect my inheritance or my house with a BFA?

Handy Hints (51) – Benefits of Mediation

Handy Hints (52) – Care and protection applications

Handy Hints (53) – Adult child maintenance

Handy Hints (54) – Beneficiary nominations

Handy Hints (55) – The child’s view and wishes in family law proceedings

Handy Hints (56) – Police Orders are they for real?

Handy Hints (57) – Time limit to initiate proceedings following de facto separation

Handy Hints (58) – Valuing household contents and chattels

Handy Hints (59) – What haven’t you considered about your known donor?

Handy Hints (60) – Taxation consequences

Handy Hints (61) – Money lost post separation

Handy Hints (62) – Digital Assets – Cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens

Handy Hints (63) – What does separation actually mean?

Handy Hints (64) – Parenting Orders and travel

Handy Hints (65) – What happens if I win Lotto

Handy Hints (66) – Binding Child Support Agreements

Handy Hints (67) – Is my overseas marriage legal?

Handy Hints (68) – Case Guardians

Handy Hints (69) – Annulment or Divorce

Handy Hints (70) – Orders binding third parties

Handy Hints (71) – Private school fees 

Handy Hints (72) – Interests in property

Handy Hints (73) – Wastage of assets

Handy Hints (74) – Child support obligations

Handy Hints (75) – Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Handy Hints (76) – Apps to assist with co-parenting in 2020

Handy Hints (77) – Surrogacy

Handy Hints (78) – Who is responsible for paying the mortgage after separation?

Handy Hints (79) – Spending time with children over the Christmas and summer holidays

Handy Hints (80) – Step-parents and grandparents

Handy Hints (81) – What is “property” for family law purposes?

Handy Hints (82) – What happens if one parent wants to change the child’s school?

Handy Hints (83) – What happens to child support if the other parent moves overseas?

Handy Hints (84) – Duty of disclosure and subpoenas

Handy Hints (85) – Shortening or extending a fixed timeframe set by a procedural order

Handy Hints (86) – Relocation

Handy Hints (87) – Do you need a Barrister?

Handy Hints (88) – Disclosure

Handy Hints (89) – Parental responsibilities and children’s rights in Family Law

Handy Hints (90) – Formalising a property settlement where parties agree on ‘who keeps what’

Handy Hints (91) – How to prepare for a property mediation

Handy Hints (92) – Monitoring childrens use of the internet 

Handy Hints (93) – Q: “I’ve been living with my partner for 2 years, they are entitled to 50% of my assets, right?”

Handy Hints (94) – Implementation of your property Orders

Handy Hints (95) – Role of the witness

Handy Hints (96) – Recording someone without their consent

Handy Hints (97) – Unique and unusual assets

Handy Hints (98) – Is it a gift or a loan?

Handy Hints (99) – Is it a gift or a loan (part 2)?

Handy Hints (100) – Children and the Christmas holiday period