Separation

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Before you separate, make sure you obtain possession of the following:
♦ | Your current Australian passport and the passports of your children |
♦ | Your birth certificate and the birth certificates for your children |
♦ | Bank books, statements and cards including those for joint accounts |
♦ | Driver’s licence (showing a current address) |
♦ | Car registration papers (showing a current address) |
♦ | Credit Cards (showing name and signature of card holder) |
♦ | Marriage Certificate |
♦ | Health Care Cards |
♦ | Citizenship papers |
♦ | Title Deeds to any property |
♦ | Tax File Number |
♦ | Documents related to both business and personal finances and any assets or liabilities held in either your name or your spouse |
♦ | Your Will |
♦ | Any available cash |
♦ | Car and house keys |
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Your address book
Login details and passcodes for access to any information available online |
♦ | Jewellery and valuables |
♦ | Personal items such as items of sentimental value |
♦ | The children’s special possessions |
After you separate, make sure that you consider the following:
♦ | Review your estate planning with a solicitor e.g. make a new will and enduring power of attorney |
♦ | Obtain legal advice on severing any joint tenancy should you jointly own property |
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Obtain legal advice about caveating any real property not in your name or obtain restraining orders or injunctive relief to prevent any dealings with the property adverse to your interests
Obtain legal advice about registering charges on the Personal Properties and Security Register to prevent any dealings with personal property adverse to your interests |
♦ | Cancel secondary card holder’s access to your credit cards |
♦ | Ensure that joint signatory bank accounts require dual signatures to draw down on funds in the account |
♦ | Change the locks if you continue to reside in jointly owned property |
Separation
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