Are you a family lawyer who has advised clients in the past or you may currently have clients who have been separated and divorced a long time and your advice is now sought to finalise a property settlement? There are many reasons for this situation  occurring including: parties put their head in the sand, not wanting to have difficult conversations about property division, they may be over 'fighting' or one party may think its strategically better to delay property settlement by stalling all efforts by the other party to negotiate or expeditiously resolve the case, by non disclosure etc, which causes a long delay from the time of separation to eventual property settlement or lastly, the parties may have informally agreed on financial matters, then after some time passing one of the party reneges or there may be a change in circumstances, causing the one party to seek your advice on formalising a property settlement and by the time this occurs, many years may have passed. What are some … [Read more...]