If you ever find yourself in the unfortunate situation of having your marriage breakdown, one of the first considerations you will need to make is how the family assets will be split and in most cases this will involve the family home.
I don’t. Who keeps the Engagement Ring when the Wedding is Called Off?
Proposing to your partner is one of the scariest and most exciting things you will ever do and when they say yes it feels as though all of your dreams have suddenly come true. In most cases proposing and sliding that beautiful ring, that you have spent countless hours saving up for, onto her finger is the first step on a long and happy road together, however this is not always the case and before the wedding takes place the relationship may break down.
Validity of Pre-Nuptial Agreements:
Family Provision Applications:
If you believe that you were left out of a loved one’s Will, or that they did not make adequate provision for you then there are steps you can take to challenge it. The first step to would be to bring a ‘Family Provision Application’ (“FPA”), which is a challenge against the estate disputing the distribution of the contents of the Will. Usually an FPA is filed when due to certain circumstances a family member has decided not to leave anything to a person, or leaves them with too little.