Divorce Café

Is it fair to let your partner stay in the home, and a year later charge them rent? What if you are paying rent and still having to chip in for the mortgage? Occupation Rent is one remedy under section 18B of the PRA to remedy any unfairness where one party stays and the other goes.  It's not cut and dried though.  And it's certainly not automatic. It could do with some de...

If you have ever wished there were a better way of resolving relationship property issues than lawyers' letters and Court room battles this episode is for you.  A structured, people-focussed approach to divorce, Collaborative Process redesigns divorce negotiations with no scary letters, no threats of litigation and no option to head off to Court (at least not with the same la...

Parenting after separation is tricky.  So where to do you go for help when things aren't working?  FDR is a subsidised mediation service that is designed to get parents resolving their own issues with the help of an experienced mediator.

What happens when you break up when you are also in business together?
Can you keep running it together?  What can go wrong?  Does it ever go right? If you have been watching Ted Lasso, you will be familiar with the character Rebecca who in the divorce takes over her husband’s beloved football team - “the only thing he ever loved”- and sets about trying to des...

What happens to the family home when you separate?  Who has to move out?  Can it be sold out from under you? What if you live in a trust owned house or a rental? We discuss these and other burning questions that keep people up at night. Advice on practical ways to resolve these issues, amicably or through the Courts.
And Shelley tells us what advice she would give ...