Comments on: What happens to the property when de facto relationships break down? http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/ Thu, 17 May 2012 13:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Silvia http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2390 Silvia Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:25:57 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-2390 Hello I am in a defacto relationship and have lived together for 6 years in which time we bought a unit. Although we have paid all common expenses such as strata, rates etc equally, he put in most of the money to pay the unit off. We have a Domestic Relationship Agreement which states 50% share - tentant in common. The agreement also states he gets $XXX which is the amount he paid. If he buys me out and I move out what exactly am I entitled to? What is taken into consideration? Thanks Hello
I am in a defacto relationship and have lived together for 6 years in which time we bought a unit. Although we have paid all common expenses such as strata, rates etc equally, he put in most of the money to pay the unit off. We have a Domestic Relationship Agreement which states 50% share - tentant in common. The agreement also states he gets $XXX which is the amount he paid. If he buys me out and I move out what exactly am I entitled to? What is taken into consideration?
Thanks

]]> By: melissa http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2219 melissa Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:37:10 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-2219 Hi, I have a 6 month old son with my de facto partner we have been paying half the rent each for just over a year am I entitled to anything he owns he doesnt contribute with our son in any way , he does own his own home, we just broke up recently.?. Hi,
I have a 6 month old son with my de facto partner we have been paying half the rent each for just over a year am I entitled to anything he owns he doesnt contribute with our son in any way , he does own his own home, we just broke up recently.?.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2206 Jessica Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:00:58 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-2206 Hi, I own a property which I rent out and that rental income covers the entire mortgage repayments and costs involved. If I buy a second property and go 50/50 with my partner (say we live there for two years & then split) would he be entitiled to a portion of my first property as well as half of the place we bought together? I really don't want him to have claim to my first property as my deceased father helped me to purchase it. It has significant sentimental value! My partner has no assets. Also, if we got married and I still owed money on my apartment (even though rent covers it) if we split up down the track could he have claim to it? Or are defacto/pre nuptial agreements always binding even if you may be paying a mortgage for it? Hi,

I own a property which I rent out and that rental income covers the entire mortgage repayments and costs involved.

If I buy a second property and go 50/50 with my partner (say we live there for two years & then split) would he be entitiled to a portion of my first property as well as half of the place we bought together? I really don’t want him to have claim to my first property as my deceased father helped me to purchase it. It has significant sentimental value! My partner has no assets.

Also, if we got married and I still owed money on my apartment (even though rent covers it) if we split up down the track could he have claim to it? Or are defacto/pre nuptial agreements always binding even if you may be paying a mortgage for it?

]]> By: Alice http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2131 Alice Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:39:18 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-2131 Hi Michael, Not planning on breaking up with my partner at all, but who in a live in relationship does plan on it? Just looking for advice if the worst were to happen. I live with my partner in a defacto relationship and have done so for the last 2 years. Since we have been together he has purchased 1 house, and had another before i moved in. We have 2 children together, soon to be 3 but everything is in his name including the car, all bills and insurance. I stay at home looking after the children and plan to for as long as they are living at home. We have separate bank accounts where i keep the savings the government gives me for the boys. Just wondering should we separate in the future if i have a claim to any of the assets he has accumulated. One of the properties needed a new roof so i gave him $5,000 and will need new wiring soon, also i would like to do some renovations but dont want to give him a bucketload of money i have saved myself if it is going towards a house i have no claim over. Should we make some kind of written agreement or get my name put on the deed by a conveyancer before i go investing more of my (and the childrens) money into this house, or will it all be divided fairly should we separate? (Obviously my only concern is the children having somewhere to live, as i wont be able to go back to work for some time after they mature, and would never be accepted for a mortgage or anything of my own having been a stay at home mum since leaving highschool. I also have never had a need for a credit card or loan, therefore have no credit rating. Thankyou for any feedback. :) Hi Michael,

Not planning on breaking up with my partner at all, but who in a live in relationship does plan on it? Just looking for advice if the worst were to happen. I live with my partner in a defacto relationship and have done so for the last 2 years. Since we have been together he has purchased 1 house, and had another before i moved in. We have 2 children together, soon to be 3 but everything is in his name including the car, all bills and insurance. I stay at home looking after the children and plan to for as long as they are living at home. We have separate bank accounts where i keep the savings the government gives me for the boys.

Just wondering should we separate in the future if i have a claim to any of the assets he has accumulated. One of the properties needed a new roof so i gave him $5,000 and will need new wiring soon, also i would like to do some renovations but dont want to give him a bucketload of money i have saved myself if it is going towards a house i have no claim over.

Should we make some kind of written agreement or get my name put on the deed by a conveyancer before i go investing more of my (and the childrens) money into this house, or will it all be divided fairly should we separate? (Obviously my only concern is the children having somewhere to live, as i wont be able to go back to work for some time after they mature, and would never be accepted for a mortgage or anything of my own having been a stay at home mum since leaving highschool. I also have never had a need for a credit card or loan, therefore have no credit rating.

Thankyou for any feedback. :)

]]> By: Ken http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 Ken Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:52:36 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-2121 Hi, MY partner and I have recently split up after 19 months. I have been the major contributer for all the bills, cars and house. She has contributed next to nothing but stayed at home. We have no children. Is she entitled to anything? Hi,
MY partner and I have recently split up after 19 months. I have been the major contributer for all the bills, cars and house. She has contributed next to nothing but stayed at home. We have no children. Is she entitled to anything?

]]> By: John http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2120 John Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:59:37 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-2120 Hello, my partner and i were originally together for almost 7yrs and engaged for almost 2 of them, at the begining of the year she was seeing and left me for another man and moved him into the house almost within a month after we seperated (we bought together in dec 2010) after almost 6 months we got back together and she cheated on me with the same man and now we have seperated again after almost 2 months being back in a relationship ... what are my rights and what am i entitled to? its pretty complicated as there are more details Hello, my partner and i were originally together for almost 7yrs and engaged for almost 2 of them, at the begining of the year she was seeing and left me for another man and moved him into the house almost within a month after we seperated (we bought together in dec 2010) after almost 6 months we got back together and she cheated on me with the same man and now we have seperated again after almost 2 months being back in a relationship …

what are my rights and what am i entitled to?

its pretty complicated as there are more details

]]> By: elize http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 elize Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:43:55 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-2115 Hi, i been in a relationship for 11years and we have a child together, we bought a house 2yrs ago and car but all put under his name as he spend his own money for the property.. For the last 11yrs i did not work as i have to take care the kids and our household i dont have any income all our financial come from him.. do i have any claim to his property?? Because he told me that if i leave him i wont get any single cents as i dont contribute any amount on the property.. Pls advice!! Hi,

i been in a relationship for 11years and we have a child together, we bought a house 2yrs ago and car but all put under his name as he spend his own money for the property.. For the last 11yrs i did not work as i have to take care the kids and our household i dont have any income all our financial come from him.. do i have any claim to his property?? Because he told me that if i leave him i wont get any single cents as i dont contribute any amount on the property.. Pls advice!!

]]> By: Ryan http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 Ryan Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:02:28 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-2027 Hi, My partner and I have been together for about 2.5 years, having been engaged in June this year. Things aren't looking so good, as she does not contribute nearly enough financially or in terms of domestic chores. We bought a property in June last year, and although she contributed about 40% of the total purchase price + duties, I had to get a loan for the remainder in my name for the rest as she had bad credit. Where do i stand? how do we strategise an equitable option should things continue to go pear shaped? Hi,

My partner and I have been together for about 2.5 years, having been engaged in June this year. Things aren’t looking so good, as she does not contribute nearly enough financially or in terms of domestic chores.

We bought a property in June last year, and although she contributed about 40% of the total purchase price + duties, I had to get a loan for the remainder in my name for the rest as she had bad credit.

Where do i stand? how do we strategise an equitable option should things continue to go pear shaped?

]]> By: Krystal http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1982 Krystal Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:37:40 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-1982 Hi, I have owned a unit for 2 years now. I am thinking about moving out with my partner into a rental property and renting my unit out. If something was to happen in our relationship, would he be entitled to my unit? Hi,

I have owned a unit for 2 years now. I am thinking about moving out with my partner into a rental property and renting my unit out. If something was to happen in our relationship, would he be entitled to my unit?

]]> By: Naomi http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/2009/07/27/what-happens-to-the-property-when-de-facto-relationships-break-down/comment-page-1/#comment-1973 Naomi Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:08:03 +0000 http://www.quinns.com.au/blog/?p=329#comment-1973 Hi, My relationship is over due to domestic violence, we were together only 18 months and lived together for 12 months out of that. We have a baby together, do I have any claim on his property? Hi,
My relationship is over due to domestic violence, we were together only 18 months and lived together for 12 months out of that. We have a baby together, do I have any claim on his property?

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