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Pre-Nuptial Agreements

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Pre-nuptial agreements, or ‘pre-nups’, are the commonly used names for a Binding Financial Agreement (BFA) made under the Family Law Act, before a couple marries. This type of BFA sets out how the parties’ assets and liabilities are to be dealt with should their relationship breakdown in the future. A similar type of agreement can be made for de-facto and same-sex couples before they commence living together.

These BFAs are useful tools to protect the assets each party takes into a relationship by pre-determining how they should be divided if the relationship fails. They can also provide that certain assets acquired during the relationship, whether by inheritance or as a consequence of one party’s financial contributions, can be quarantined from any property settlement.
 
Pre-Nuptial Agreements allow couples to negotiate a settlement of financial issues in advance and minimise the need to engage in Court proceedings in the future. By resolving any property disputes before they might arise a well drafted Pre-Nuptial Agreement enables couples to move forward in their relationships without the worry of having to protect their or their family’s assets from any claim in the future.
 
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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