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Bad Behaviour

by brightside
Posted on July 22, 2022
in Court, family court, family law, Mediation, New beginnings, separation, Uncategorized

How a women’s bad behaviour left her owing her ex $80,000 while also paying for his and his brothers lawyers. It’s the kind of thing which seems to only happen in the movies. You go through a divorce and end up paying for your ex husband lawyers, paying for his brothers lawyers and on top[...]

Bad behaviour sees a wife paying her ex and his brothers lawyer bills and owing them $80,000

by brightside
Posted on July 1, 2022
in Co-parenting, family court, family law, Mediation, New beginnings, separation, Uncategorized

The top 5 apps to help you become a coparenting champ. School holidays are coming around again and so are the inevitable disagreements with your ex about the kids. But it doesn’t have to be nasty if you can apply a little technology to the problem and get a little cooperation in to your coparenting.[...]

by brightside
Posted on May 17, 2022
in family law, New beginnings, separation, tax, Uncategorized, wealth

Or is it? Dipping in to our super is so tempting but don’t let a politician fool you in to thinking it is the answer. Please, please, please … don’t use your super for a house deposit ScoMo in a last ditch hail mary to keep his job is going to let us take a[...]

Show me the money - Separation is hard enoough without having to worry about paying the bills

by brightside
Posted on May 5, 2022
in Co-parenting, family court, family law, New beginnings, separation, Uncategorized, wealth

Obsessing about “the split” and making sure you are not getting taken for a ride is everyone’s first reaction. But to really win you need to step back and look at the bigger picture. Show me the Money! It is almost impossible not to get obsessed about percentages, asset splits, superannuation and who is getting[...]

tell me lies tell me sweet little lies. Can your ex lie to you and what happens if they do?

by brightside
Posted on March 1, 2022
in Change, family court, family law, New beginnings, separation, Uncategorized, wealth

Can your ex lie to you in your separation and what happens if they do? Tell me lies tell me sweet little lies sang Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie about the looming end of a relationship. But can your ex tell lies during your separation – even if they are sweet or little – and what[...]

Are you and your partner thinking of separating? Here’s 7 simple things you can do to protect your kids’ mental health.

by brightside
Posted on February 22, 2022
in celebrity, Change, family court, family law, Mediation, New beginnings, separation, Uncategorized

The decision has been made and you’ve had the talk so what happens now? And what effect will the choices you make have on your future? I’m out, so what happens now? For most of us separation or divorce is uncharted waters. It is big change. Big change in our lives, big change in all[...]

Lawyers, who needs 'em.. The right lawyer can bring a lot to the process

by brightside
Posted on January 25, 2022
in celebrity, family court, family law, Mediation, New beginnings, separation, Uncategorized

Are all lawyers the same, will they make things better or worse, what will they actually do for me and do we even need them? Why are lawyers like nuclear bombs? If one side gets one the other side wants one and if you use them everything gets smashed and burned and messed up forever.[...]

The Talk. Taking the leap is hard and you may have been putting it off but there are ways to have the talk without going to war

by brightside
Posted on January 10, 2022
in celebrity, family court, family law, Mediation, New beginnings, separation, Uncategorized

Ok, I’ve made the decision but I am dreading the talk. So how do I tell my spouse that it’s over? So how do you have the talk and how do you prepare to tell your spouse that you want a separation or divorce? It will likely be one of the most difficult and painful conversations[...]

by brightside
Posted on January 3, 2022
in celebrity, family court, family law, Mediation, New beginnings, separation, Uncategorized

Help! I’ve made the decision but I don’t want a fight. So where do I go from here and how does it actually work? New Year New Me? It sounds so easy but if that means you have decided to separate it is only the first of many decisions. You have probably heard the horror[...]

The noxious uncoupling of Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans is an object lesson in how not to break up

by timcohen
Posted on November 29, 2021
in celebrity, Co-parenting, family court, family law, Mediation, New beginnings, separation

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