Specialists in family law since 1994 representing clients in matters and cases involving children. Including co-habitation or “living together” agreements.
Some couples may wish to draw up a ‘cohabitation agreement’, also known as a ‘living together agreement’ to clarify their financial arrangements and ownership of any joint assets. There is no such thing as ‘common law’ husband or wife so if you separate and disagree about how to divide joint assets the court will deal with the matter in a very different way than if you were married.
“What you get from Lisa is someone who takes time to listen, to gauge the important issues and to advise accordingly, but with a sense that she knows your view and knows exactly what will be best for all parties”
The Court considers the strict legal position and what your intentions were, not the needs of the parties or any children. Setting out your intentions before you move in together therefore can minimise the stress and cost if you do separate and need to divide assets.
“She was very accommodating with appointments at short notice, would reply to emails promptly and return missed calls.”
We can draw up a co-habitation agreement for you for a fixed fee. In particular, if you are purchasing a property together you should also consider having a trust deed drawn up that sets out how the property should be divided in the future if you sell it, this is especially important if family members are gifting or loaning monies or you are making unequal contributions to the purchase price.