Family & Defacto Law
December 18, 2025
Property Settlement Lawyers Penrith Area
Protecting Your Financial Future Through Property Settlement
Navigate property division with confidence. Our experienced team guides you through every aspect of your settlement, from initial advice to final transfer.
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Property Settlement & Other Financial Matters
At the end of your relationship you may need to divide the assets. These assets can include the family home, investment properties, interests in a business, shares, bank accounts and superannuation. In determining what proportion the assets are divided many factors are taken into account. They include:
- the assets that you or your partner brought into the relationship;
- the assets and liabilities accumulated during the period of the relationship;
- the direct and indirect financial contributions of the parties;
- the non-financial contributions to the relationship;
- the future requirements of the parties as well as the parties future resources.
At Bateman Battersby Lawyers Penrith, our experienced team can assist you with all aspects of your property settlement including:
- providing an initial advice as to the likely distribution of the assets and liabilities of the relationship;
- obtaining all relevant information pertaining to the assets and liabilities of the relationship;
- negotiating with your partner or their legal representative;
- appearing for you in Court;
- attending to the transfer of your assets as part of a property settlement.
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Oliver Hagen
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Kristy Vukovic
Senior Lawyer
Georgia Moxley
Law Clerk
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What will the Court consider when looking at dividing property?
The Court will, essentially, take a three-step process in determining how to distribute marital assets:-
- It will consider the value of the assets and any liabilities, and determine what assets there are to distribute after the payment of liabilities.
- The Court will consider the contributions that each of the parties have made towards acquiring and maintaining the marital assets. There are three considerations to such contributions, being:-
- Direct financial contributions.
- Contributions other than financial contributions made directly or indirectly on behalf of the party to the marriage or a child of the marriage.
- A contribution made by a party to the marriage to the welfare of the family, which shall include any contribution made in the capacity of a home-maker.
- Those items referred to in Section 75(2) of the Family Law Act, which looks at the needs of the parties, such as whether or not one of the parties will have the full-time care and control of children under the age of eighteen years, the health and mental capacity of each of the parties and their ability to obtain employment; and
- Finally, the Court will take all the factors into account and use its discretion to make Orders that are fair and reasonable.
What are the assets of the marriage?
Generally, this will be property arising out of the marital relationship. This will include, for example, the matrimonial home, investment properties, motor vehicles, savings accounts, shares and other items, and now includes superannuation.
How will the Court determine a distribution of the marital assets?
After considering what assets there are to distribute, the Court will consider the contributions made by each of the parties towards the acquisition, maintenance and conservation of those assets and also the Section 75(2) factors, mentioned above. The Family Court of Australia or the Federal Circuit Court has a discretion to attach as much weight to those factors as it considers appropriate. Ultimately, the Court must make an Order that is fair and reasonable.
Will my Superannuation be considered in a distribution of the marital assets?
Yes. Since December 2003, Superannuation has, essentially, been considered property and therefore thrown into the pool of assets.
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