Please note this is general advice only. Please always seek independent legal advice as everyone's situation is different.

Lyn talks us through what to do if your ex partner has control of all the money or you are in financial distress after separation.

• Getting enough money to live on after separation.
• Getting enough money to pay your legal fees during family court proceedings.
• Getting enough money to support you and your children after separation.

Solution

• Applying for Alimony/Spousal maintenance in the family court
• Court appointed fees for legal fees
• Child support application

Links and resources:

• Apply for spousal maintenance

• Child support application form

• Victims assist

• Interim property settlement distribution

• Dollar for dollar interim property order

• Sole occupancy application

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• Join us on Facebook

You don't want to miss:

• What to do if you cannot afford to go to court

• What to do if you are in a coercive control situation and have no access to money.

• What to do if you cannot afford to pay for living expenses

• What to do if you cannot afford to help pay for the children

• How to bring an application to the court to get financial spousal maintenance.

• How to use the free 30min phone consult with your lawyer

• How to get your issue into court so you can get started

• Child support and what you need to know

• How to apply for child support through services australia

• If you have 50/50 child care does child support not count?

• What is good girl bad girl syndrome and why you need to avoid it

• Why it is important to find out what you are entitled to with child support.

• Why it's important to get out of the financial control of your ex partner.

• What if on paper it says I am financially ok but in real life I am not?

• What is victim assist?

• What is financial abuse?

• What do you have to prove to get spousal maintenance in court?

• Interim property distribution: what is it and how can it help you?

• What is a dollar for dollar interim property order

• How can you get assistance with legal fees

• Who stays in and who goes

• The step by step to make an application to the court

• How to write orders sort

• What is a financial statement for the court?

• What do you need to write in your affidavit for your application?

• Why and how to serve your application to your ex partner.

If you need emergency help you can also contact:

• WOMEN'S SHELTER SERVICE
• LEGAL AID
• Lifeline 13 11 14
• Mensline Australia 1300 789 978
• Kids Help Line 1800 551 800
• Aboriginal Family Domestic Violence Hotline 1800 019 123
• Relationships Australia
• Police on 000
• DVConnect Womensline on 1800 811 811 (24 hours, 7 days a week) Note: This number is not recorded on your phone bill
• DV Connect Mensline on 1800 600 636
• National DV line on 1800 737 732.1800RESPECT 1800 737 732

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Please note this is general advice only. Please always seek independent legal advice as everyone's situation is different.