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De-Facto Relationship Agreements

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Recent amendments to the Family Law Act (‘the Act’) have brought de facto relationships and same sex couples under its jurisdiction for property adjustment. Those amendments, which came into force on 1 March 2009, include provisions for de-facto couples, whether heterosexual or same sex, to enter into Binding Financial Agreements (‘BFA’) either before, during or after the breakdown of their relationship.

 
Importantly, de-facto and same sex couples now have the same rights under the Act as married couples, with respect to property settlement where:
  • the parties have been living together for 2 years or more or
  • where significant contributions to property have been made or
  • where children are involved.
 
If you want to preserve the assets you are bringing into your relationship or assets that you may inherit, purchase or build up during the relationship, then a Binding Financial Agreement can be drafted to provide this for you.
 
For more information on Binding Financial Agreements, click here.
 
Call one of our Family Lawyers for free initial telephone advice on your circumstances on 95258688.

Key People

sutherland shire lawyer greg dicksonGreg Dickson 

primary area of practice is litigation. In 1993, he became one of the first solicitors in New South Wales to achieve Accreditation as a Specialist in Family Law and Property Relationships Act Law. Greg is the head of our Family Law Division but also practices extensively in commercial and general litigation ...read more

sutherland shire lawyer kevin dwyerKevin Dwyer 

can advise you upon and conduct all Family Law and De Facto Relationship matters in the Family Courts at Sydney, Wollongong and Parramatta. Kevin can also assist you in Criminal Law and appear in Local Courts all over New South Wales in AVO and criminal proceedings as well as ...read more

Amanda DoringAmanda Doring 

is a Family Law Accredited Specialist with extensive experience drafting binding financial agreements and conducting urgent applications in the Family Court and Federal Magistrate’s Court as well as De Facto proceedings in the Supreme, District and Local Courts ...read more

Lisa O'Leary 

operates predominantly in the area of Family Law and De Facto Relationship dispute resolution in the Family Court, the Federal Magistrates Court, the Local and Supreme Court or by alternative dispute resolution procedures ...read more 

Nicola Morgan 

Nicola joined Warren McKeon Dickson in January 2009 as the recipient of the Warren McKeon Dickson Work Integrated Learning Scholarship offered in conjunction with the University of Wollongong.  ...read more 

 

 

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