Legal review
Jim Parke
Lawyer and Chartered Accountant
Jim Parke is a lawyer and Chartered Accountant who reviews the substantive legal content published on divorce.info.
Review involves checking each guide against current Australian legislation and official court and government sources, which are listed at the end of each guide. Review does not make a guide legal advice, and the guides remain general information only. Readers should obtain advice about their own circumstances.
Guides reviewed
- Separation in Australia: understanding the first weeks
- A calm first checklist after separation
- Divorce in Australia: the formal process
- Parenting arrangements after separation: putting children first
- Parenting plans vs consent orders: what is the difference?
- Can a child choose which parent to live with?
- Relocating with a child after separation
- Assets, debts and the family home after separation
- Keeping the family home after separation
- Who pays the mortgage after separation?
- What happens to joint bank accounts after separation?
- What happens to superannuation after separation?
- Property settlement time limits after separation
- Can you reach a property settlement without going to court?
- Mediation after separation: resolving disputes without escalation
- Child support in Australia: how the system works
- Financial agreements in Australia: before, during and after a relationship
- Spousal Maintenance in Australia: A Practical Guide
For how guides are prepared and reviewed, see our approach.