Insight / Relationship Property & Family Future proofing your assets: how contracting out agreements can help Contracting out agreements, commonly referred to as “pre-nups”, can be an awkward topic to raise with your partner, but they are an essential tool in your asset planning and protection toolbox. Contracting out agreements provide clarity to both parties (or their survivors) in the event that they separate or one or both of them dies. Just like an insurance policy – hopefully you will never need to use it, but it is there if the worst happens! Read more
Insight / Relationship Property & Family Relationship Property & Family experts recognised in Doyle’s Guide 2023 The expertise of Andrew Watkins and Kate Bradley has been duly recognised in the latest Doyle’s Guide rankings for 2023. Family lawyers Read more
Insight / Relationship Property & Family Plan now to avoid Christmas despair A simple conversation now about childcare arrangements could be the difference between Christmas cheer and Christmas despair! If you are navigating your first Christmas as a blended family or as newly separated parents, it’s best to outline your childcare arrangements over the holidays now and avoid it becoming a stressful and contentious issue. Read more
Insight / Relationship Property & Family We bought a dog together, what happens now we have separated? In separations, pet custody is a contentious issue, often used as leverage for more shared assets. Read more
Insight / Relationship Property & Family Does the Property (Relationships) Act apply to polyamorous relationships? A recent case from the Auckland High Court has raised a novel new issue: whether the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 applies to a polyamorous relationship? Read more
Insight / Relationship Property & Family The presumption of “equal sharing” is really not so “equal” Traditionally, one partner cared for the family, while the other worked. Even today, career sacrifices can happen for family's sake. Read more
