by rowanskinner | Jan 8, 2019 | Divorce, Uncategorized
After five years of marriage and what appeared to be an amicable separation, Renee Catt was “blindsided” when her former partner commenced property settlement negotiations just days after the pair’s separation. Ms Catt has described how she lost almost $100,000.00 as...
by rowanskinner | Oct 22, 2018 | Financial Matters, Property Settlement, Uncategorized
It is not an uncommon scenario where one party to a marriage, often the Wife, dedicates themselves predominantly to parenting and homemaking duties while the other party develops and advances their career. In circumstances such as this, the party who has developed...
by rowanskinner | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
The lake tragedy at Wyndham Vale: How mental illness affects sentencing Victorian prosecutors have now sought a High Court appeal of the decision by the Victorian Supreme Court to cut the sentence of a Mother who pleaded guilty to the murders of her children. In April...
by rowanskinner | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Historically family trusts have caused difficulties in family law property proceedings because if a party to the proceeding was also a beneficiary of the trust, that party would technically not own any property until a distribution occurred. The Family Court’s...
