Most family law property matters approach the division of
parties’ assets by adding everything together into one ‘pool’ of assets and
then dividing up the total value of that pool. However in certain
circumstances, a Court may take a different approach where the facts support
departing from the usual system.
One such case was the matter of Arthur and Arthur (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FamCA/2016/324.htm)
, decided by Judge Rees in Sydney in May 2016. In that case, Ms Arthur was due
to receive a sizeable - $535,000 – inheritance...
