Katherine Stavrou

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Australian Finance Podcast · Prenups & de facto relationships | Family Law Barrister · 24 Feb 2022 podcast

You need to look at the couple, whether or not they're legally married to one another, whether or not they're related by family and also if they're living together as a couple and the wording is really as a genuine domestic couple on a genuine domestic basis, sorry, for at least two years without any sort of separation.

So it's important to point out that the length of time to be considered to be a de facto couple is two years.

However, there's always exceptions.

So if you've got children together, so if there's children at the relationship or if there's been some substantial contributions made by one party to joint property, then there are exceptions that are made to this rule.

Yes, of course, definitely.

I mean, there's a number of...

things or I guess you could say factors that need to be considered to see if you are in a genuine domestic on a genuine as a couple on a genuine domestic basis and I guess the questions that surrounding that are what lawyers ask are you know how long have you been together are you intimate with one another um

Do you have any mail being sent to one address in particular?

Is one party financially dependent on the other party?

You know, the reputation or public perception of the relationship, what your address is registered on with Centrelink and the ATO, they're all important factors in determining whether or not you actually are in a de facto relationship.

Yeah, that's right.

And, look, if you're unsure, it's probably to connect.

It's important to probably...

Seek proper legal advice about that because it is very important to first identify if you are in a de facto relationship before you go ahead and try to claim any sort of property settlement between you.

So it's good to seek some wise legal advice, I think, from a solicitor beforehand.

Oh, between you.

I guess the main thing that can probably impact is the two issues really, I guess, in answering your question is the property and then also the children's arrangements between you if you've got children in the relationship too.

But obviously this is a very broad

We can go into more detail obviously later about it, but there's so many issues that can be raised that it's probably important to do your research and to see, first of all, whether or not you are in a partnership, a de facto partnership.

Yeah, of course.

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