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Understanding finances between separation and property settlement

When you separate from your partner, finances can be a point of contention. Especially if you’ve been used to pooling all your income and paying bills and debts from one joint pot. Understanding how to organise your finances between separation...

Property Settlement

Court considerations when dividing assets during divorce

Going through a divorce is already difficult enough, let alone deciding how to divide up combined assets. There is no particular formula for the division of assets. Rather, the Court will undergo several steps and investigate various factors when dividing...

Binding financial agreement consent orders

Property Settlement

Binding Financial Agreements and Consent Orders: What’s Which?

When a married or de facto couple have separated and they want to formalise property and/or spousal maintenance agreements without having to go through the Courts, they can do this by entering into a Binding Financial Agreement (BFA) or by...

Separating without lawyers | Beanstalk Mums podcast

Splitting up

Why separating without lawyers is definitely a thing

It is a myth that you need to hire lawyers to separate and divorce. You don’t. Property settlement is essentially a financial exercise that a lot of separating couples can work through together with the support of an expert. Which...

Financial disclosures | Beanstalk Single Mums

Property Settlement

Quick guide to financial disclosures when you separate

When your relationship ends, it is normal to feel a rollercoaster of emotions. Common emotions can include anger, fear, grief, resentment, relief, happiness and a new sense of optimism for the future. You can ebb and flow between your emotions...

Family Law

Just because you’re separating, doesn’t mean you need a lawyer

Your family breakup will have been an unexpected twist in your life plan. No-one finds a partner and has kids, knowing that separation is on the cards. So, when it happens, we have absolutely no idea what we are doing....

Property Settlement

What happens to our family home when we separate?

What happens to our Family Home when we separate? This is a very common question that I am asked by my single-mum clients going through a financial separation and faced with the prospects of an uncertain and anxiety-riddled future. YOU...

Separation myths that are complete bullsh*t | Beanstalk Mums

Splitting up

Separation myths: What you need to know

Let’s talk about separation myths. Separating from a long term partner can turn your world upside down. Beyond the day-to-day reality of simply surviving through the shock, coping on your own and then having to somehow explain it all to...

Podcast

How super works when you separate

Ok, I get it .. superannuation is not the most exciting subject. But it is a vitally important part of a financial separation, so you’d do well to get your facts right. And there is only one lady who will...