De-Facto FAQ - My ex-girlfriend is threatening me. What should I do?

Date: February 23, 2011

Q. I have just ended a short term relationship with my former girlfriend who is threatening that if I do not return to her she will report me to the police saying that I sexually assaulted her?

 

De-Facto FAQ - Are de-factos in any better a position that married people

Date: February 23, 2011
Are de-factos in any better a position that married people

De-Facto FAQ - Are there mechanisms in Australia for same sex marriages?

Date: February 23, 2011
Are there mechanisms in Australia for same sex marriages?

De-Facto FAQ - Can a lesbian co-mother or a gay co-father seek parenting orders?

Date: February 23, 2011
Can a lesbian co-mother or a gay co-father seek parenting orders in relation to a child?

De-Facto FAQ - Can de facto relationships be registered in Australia?

Date: February 23, 2011
Are there mechanisms in place to register de facto relationships in Australia?

De-Facto FAQ - Can I be reimbursed for my contributions if my partner and I separate?

Date: February 23, 2011
I have just broken up with my defacto partner and everything was in her name, although I did a lot of building work to improve the property and paid the mortgage instalments whilst we were together. Am I entitled to be recompensed for my contribution to the relationship

De-Facto FAQ - Can parties of same sex relationships adopt children?

Date: February 23, 2011
Can parties of same sex relationships adopt children?

De-Facto FAQ - Is reproductive technology available to a woman in a de facto relationship?

Date: February 23, 2011
Is reproductive technology available to a woman in a de facto relationship?

De-Facto FAQ - My boyfriend needs to finds his ex-girlfriend and children. What can he do?

Date: February 23, 2011
My boyfriend has a couple of children to an ex-girlfriend who has packed up, moved on and not told anyone where she has gone. Is there anything my boyfriend can do?

De-Facto FAQ - My ex-defacto partner is proposing we split the assets 50:50. What should I do?

Date: February 23, 2011
My de-facto partner and I recently separated and it is proposed that we split the assets 50:50. What should I do ?

De-Facto FAQ - My ex-partner is threatening me and has a history of violence towards me. What can I do?

Date: February 23, 2011
What can I do where I am being threatened by my ex-partner who has a history of violence towards me

De-Facto FAQ - My partner has locked me out and become violent. How can we sell the house and separate?

Date: February 23, 2011
I am currently involved in a de-facto relationship and my partner has excluded me from the home by locking me out. What can I do as she has become personally violent towards me and we need to sell the house so we can go our separate ways

De-Facto FAQ - My solicitor seems reluctant to push my defacto case. What can I do?

Date: February 23, 2011
I have been involved in a same-sex relationship with another person for over 20 years and I have retained a firm of solicitors who seem reluctant to push my case as strongly as I would like. The other side is making mincemeat out of my representative who does not seem to know what to do to counter their attacks. What do I do in the circumstances

De-Facto FAQ - Should I enter into a financial agreement with my intended defacto partner?

Date: February 23, 2011
Do you think it advisable for me to enter into a financial agreement with my intended defacto partner as I have all the assets and she has very little?

De-Facto FAQ- Asset protection close to retirement.

Date: February 23, 2011
I am just about ready to retire and I am involved in a relationship with someone which has been going on for some years although we do not live together. I wish to protect my assets which are substantial while she has hardly any. What should I do

De-Facto FAQ - My ex-defacto partner is proposing we split the assets 50:50. What should I do?

Date: February 23, 2011
My de-facto partner and I recently separated and it is proposed that we split the assets 50:50. What should I do

Family Law - Do I have to undergo pre-action procedures for the Family or Federal Magistrates’ Court?

Date: February 22, 2011
Do parties have to undergo pre-action procedures to be able to issue proceedings in relation to any matter in the Family or Federal Magistrates’ Court

Family Lawyer - My ex-defacto is refusing me access to our child. Can you help?

Date: February 22, 2011
Until recently I was in a defacto relationship and my ex-partner has now denied me access to our child? Can you help me

De-Facto FAQs

Date: April 24, 2008
Author(s): LAC Lawyers

Parenting FAQs

Date: March 22, 2008
Author(s): LAC Lawyers

• Defacto Relationships and Financial Settlement
• Property Agreement for Cohabitation
• Financial Settlement after defacto separation
• Property Settlement for Defacto Couples
• Maintenance Orders for Defacto Couples
• Parenting Issues for De facto couples
• Domestic Violence in De facto Relationships
• Registration of Defacto Relationships
• De facto law Jurisdiction
• Defacto Wills and Deceased Estates
• De Facto (Relationships or Partnerships)