Separating with debt: a guide to your legal options
This guide assists separating couples, including those experiencing economic or financial abuse, to safely achieve fair outcomes when dividing responsibility for joint and other debts without going to court (where possible), and at different stages of separation.
This guide is also a useful resource for legal practitioners and financial counsellors who are assisting parties to resolve their debts, including joint debts, as part of a family law property settlement dispute.
We have translated this guide into 11 languages:
- Arabic
- Dari
- Chinese (simplified and traditional)
- Filipino
- Hindi
- Korean
- Spanish
- Punjabi
- Thai
- Vietnamese.
We have prepared this guide with the assistance of Care Consumer Law and Ms Emma Smallwood to sit alongside our existing family law publications:
- Parenting Orders – what you need to know
- A guide to dividing your property and finances after separation
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