Separation brings about immediate financial questions, like: 

• Who pays the mortgage and utilities?
• Who moves out? 
• How are daily living expenses covered?
• Is one partner entitled to financial support from the other while things are resolved?
• You have pre bred show dogs, breeding horses, rare parrots or other important animals that you cared for jointly in the relationship but now need “dividing”; 
• Your ex ran a successful and profitable company during your relationship and suddenly, at the separation, they earn nothing? 
• You were business partners with your ex romantic partner and need to sort out directorships, shareholdings, complex corporate structures and how business will run moving forward - how do you do this without interrupting the business and income
• What happens to the school fees and expenses for the kids? 
• Who gets the family home? How about the investment properties? 
• What is the split of the Self-Managed Superfund?

Why Do You Need a Lawyer?

Undertaking a property settlement is likely going to have a massive financial impact upon your long term circumstance. Doing it yourself can backfire, especially if you do it wrong. A good family lawyer is needed to make sure your future remains positive, and your past does not stay to haunt you.