There are many sources for information about your legal rights following separation. Well-meaning relatives, friends and some lawyers whose specialty is not family law may give you advice about your issues. However, problems arise because the law and procedure can be complicated and your friends’ solutions are unlikely to have factored in your unique situation.
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Increasingly, actual or would-be litigants in the family court are choosing to record conversations as a means of collecting evidence against the other person. As smartphones are small and easily hidden, these recordings are occurring secretly, without one party knowing what is happening. What litigants in Western Australia don't always realise is that, in recording one another, they could potentially be committing a crime.
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Sexually transmitted debt is when you become liable for your partner’s debt as a result of the breakdown of your marriage or de-facto relationship, rather than a conscious knowledge or acceptance of the debt.
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In Australia, Individuals wanting a divorce are no longer required to prove their ex-partner has committed a matrimonial offence. Much to the disappointment of those whose relationships have ended as a result of a spouses’ wandering eye…infidelity does not impact the share of property you are entitled to receive.
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It is a common misconception that two people need to be physically living together on a full time basis for two years before they are deemed to be a de facto relationship.
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For separated families, the festive season is often a hard time because it changes an occasion that brought their family together to an occasion which highlights that the family is now apart.
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The Directors of Carr & Co are pleased to announce that Ms Stacey Wellings and Mr Nicholas Coveney have been elected to the Council of the Family Law Practitioners’ Association of WA.
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Carr & Co are pleased to announce the firm has again been recognised by our peers as one of only three first tier family law firms in Western Australia for 2019.
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The government has recently proposed a number of changes which affect victims of family violence.
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Doyle’s Guide has released the WA Family Law Rankings for 2018 with Carr & Co again named as one of the three first tier family law firms. All five directors of Carr & Co have also been named in the 2018 WA Family Law Rankings.
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