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And if you hung around a bunch of middle aged divorcee women, I wonder what stories you would hear? The research is pretty clear, despite the current family laws, its still mostly women that get screwed financially post separation.

What a complete load of crap. Seriously you should stop listening to all these stories you hear because they are absolutely full of it.

I think its a pretty big stretch to say that people who are mindful of the financial consequences of separation are somehow not 100% committed to a marriage or de facto relationship. Conversely its like saying being ignorant of your potential financial liability in that event is somehow more...

I personally think the family laws here are some of the fairest pieces of legislation in the country - I can't remember the last time I read a case and thought that the outcome was unfair. Obviously there might be some bias since I work as a family lawyer, but in some of my other practice...

Fortunately, the empirical research, family law legislation and decisions all share your point of view as well.

...did you get expert advice from a lawyer on the "loan" agreement? And also the complex trust established to protect your assets from being accessed by your son's partner? Because I'd be very surprised if either of them work as advertised. The former sounds like you falsified some documents...

I practise in family law (although admittedly not a lot of property work) and the short version is that there is no real way to structure your assets so they are "protected" from the family court. Essentially all assets are potentially on the table as part of the asset pool. A binding...