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I agree with you. I believe that assets accumulated during marriage should be evenly split but assets accumulated before marriage should generally go to the original 'owner'. I don't think a person with zero dollars should be able to marry a millionaire, divorce them a year later and become an...

I’m a bit of a sucker for the traditional family myself, mostly because my husband and I were both raised in single parent households and see it as having been detrimental to our upbringing. Perhaps it’s just a grass is greener thing, I’m not sure. I think in our artificially constructed...

No actual abuse? The father manipulated the child into recounting fictitious stories of being sexually abused by her step-father. I’d say this most definitely counts as psychological abuse. In one interview, whilst recounting the make-believe story of her step-father molesting her, she began to...

What men are you talking about? Most people, both men and women, are terrible with money. The typical single man in his late 20s and early 30s does not have an IP, a few shares and plan for the future. He's more likely to be renting, own no IP, have a few company shares at the most...

Marriage, n.: The social institution under which a man toils away in the coal mines for sixpence a day whilst his wife sips lattes and attends yoga classes. Divorce, n.: The legal dissolution of marriage initiated by the wife resulting in the financial destitution of the husband. If...

The term is irrelevant. The fact that it is extremely rare in Australia is relevant. Once again, it's extremely rare. You must travel in rather exceptional circles if you see it all the time. It's relevant because you referred to alimony as if it's the norm. As you have a law degree I...

Alimony? Have we been officially announced as the 51st state, then? My understanding was that spousal support is extremely rare in Australia. I thought you had a law degree?

If we’re going to stereotype: Divorced/separated mum is more concerned with how much child support her deadbeat of an ex pays than she is with what kind of relationship the children have with their father. Divorced/separated dad is raging more over how much child support he has to...

Call me old fashioned but, as a woman, I would feel embarrassed if my mail earned more than me.