As an Australian business owner, your personal life and business interests can intertwine in complex ways, especially during major life events like marriage, separation or death. Protecting your business during such times necessitates proactive legal planning. Without it, you risk the stability of your company. Here are four family law issues a lawyer can help you with:
1. Pre-Nuptial Agreements
For those who own a business prior to marriage, a prenuptial agreement is a critical tool.
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When two parents go through a divorce, this can be a particularly traumatic time for the children. Each child may process this turn of events in a different way, and some are more able to accept the situation than others. Yet, each child may well have an opinion about the outcome of a divorce and may feel that they want to live with one parent rather than the other. As a court may decide who gets primary custody, how much will they listen to these individual opinions, and will the child's wishes always take precedence?
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Child custody cases are intense, emotionally charged, and draining for all the parties involved. The process is gruelling, and the relationship of the parent and child is on the line. During custody cases, fathers are, in most cases, under pressure to watch what they say and how they behave. Here are some family law tips for fathers seeking full guardianship of their children:
Be Realistic About Your Circumstances
A mistake many parents make during child guardianship cases is to turn the process into a contest.
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When you're getting married, it's easy to be blinded by emotions and make decisions that would jeopardise your future financial security. One of such choices is signing a prenuptial agreement. But what if you get a divorce and realise you will be walking away with nothing after a long marriage commitment? Can you challenge the prenup and get your fair share of the wealth?
The answer is yes! You can contest a prenup in court or during a settlement under the following grounds:
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When you set up a small business, your aim is to provide a good quality product or service at a reasonable cost to prospects in your marketplace. Usually, this will involve working with a variety of different customers, some of whom can be long-term, while others may be "one-off." It's your aim to provide a high level of service at all times, but occasionally problems can arise, and these can lead to disputes.
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