Binding Financial Agreements (“BFA”), colloquially referred to as pre-nuptial or cohabitation agreements, have been able to be entered into by parties to a marriage since 2000 and by de facto partners since 2009. Historically thought to be reserved for agreements between parties prior to marriage, BFA’s...
They’re actually more or less the same thing, just entered at different stages of a relationship. Sure, a prenup is as it sounds, a document signed by an engaged couple before their wedding. However, the documents are slightly different in form and content. De facto and engaged/married couples alike, including same sex...
Many a law blog/post/article/vlog I have viewed in recent months has not really assisted in this confusion. A de facto relationship is defined in different ways under different laws in Australia (and the respective States and Territories). To the Department of Immigration, it means one thing,...
I’m not entirely sure, but thanks for asking. Prenups are considered, even in 2019, to be a little taboo. A difficult subject to broach with a partner, it’s not as though one can request/offer a hand in marriage and then demand the signing of a prenup...
