When financial orders are made by the Family Court on a final basis, an individual can only apply to vary or set aside them under certain circumstances.

In Australia and under the Family Law Act, former spouses must file an application about property settlement or spousal maintenance (or both) within 12 months of their divorce Order becoming final.

It is important to know the value of assets when making a decision about your financial settlement.

Separation is when one party tells the other that it is over. This can be done face to face or in writing. It does not have to be agreed.

If one of your major assets is superannuation and your spouse is close to retirement age, it is possible to apply to the Court to make an order to flag superannuation.

In parenting matters parties are required to attempt Family Dispute Resolution before making an application to the Court for orders.

When relationships come to an end, it is a common situation to find that one or both partners have been unfaithful to the other. Irrespective of whether there was “cheating” in the relationship, in the eyes of the Court, this does not matter.

Do you need to collect personal belongings from your former home after a Family Violence Restraining Order has been made?

There are a number of child contact services in Perth that provide a variety of additional services on top of supervised handovers and visits.

Everyone wants to protect their children at separation, however, when emotions are heightened, the last thing on some parents’ minds is “whatever I do, or say and how I react has to be in the best interest of the children”.