January inevitably begins with palpable gusto. For business owners and entrepreneurs, there are new targets to hit, new products to launch, new markets to tap into. For professionals, there are new year’s resolutions to advance their careers and improve their personal lives. For parents, there are goals to achieve for their kids’ education and…
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10 WAYS REAL ESTATE AGENTS CAN KEEP A DIVORCE SALE ON TRACK
Real estate agents often become involved at a crisis point in the life of their vendors – when they are going through separation and divorce. As a family lawyer, I’m used to being in that crossfire, but as a real estate agent, it might feel like you have been pulled into the vortex of…
‘I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO!?!? – AVOIDING DECISION-MAKING PARALYSIS IN YOUR DIVORCE
Separation and divorce puts strain on us as people, and that strain magnifies our strengths, as well as our weaknesses. One such area I see as a family lawyer is how people embrace the decision-making that goes with resolving financial issues after family breakdown – the myriad decisions, big and small, which must be…
WHY CAN’T I SAY WHAT I REALLY THINK ABOUT MY SPOUSE IN COURT?
Final hearings in the Family Courts are often called ‘paper trials’ – they proceed on written statements of evidence called Affidavits, which are made (sworn or affirmed by a spouse as being true) and filed in advance of any hearing. The oral evidence from litigants in family law cases is therefore usually limited to…
WHAT’S FAULT GOT TO DO WITH IT – WHO GETS THE BLAME FOR CAUSING A BREAK-UP?
Relationships end for myriad reasons, and relationship breakdowns play out in a variety of ways. Some partings of the way are mutual – each party in agreement that the relationship has run its course, and that it is time to go in separate directions. Others are more one-sided – one party is the one to…