What most couples don't realise
- 01
"We've lived together for years. Surely that counts for something?"
The length of your relationship doesn't change your financial rights to each other's assets. No automatic entitlements build up from living together.
- 02
"We own a home together. That means we're protected."
A deed of trust records who owns what percentage of the property. It may not cover contributions you've made since then – renovations, mortgage overpayments, periods one of you stopped working. And it says nothing about the rest of your finances.
- 03
"We have children together. That must give us some rights."
Children's law and relationship law are separate. You may have parental rights. Having children doesn't give you automatic financial rights over each other's assets.
- 04
"We've talked it all through. We know what we'd do."
A conversation isn't a legal document. Writing it down makes it real — and gives you both something to refer back to.
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