Family Finances and Property on Divorce - A Guide to the Issues

An exploration of how financial and property arrangements are organized on marriage and divorce and why there is pressure to change from a discretionary-based system.

The experience of pre-nuptial agreements in other jurisdictions is reviewed, as is the experience of 50/50 splits of property and finances on divorce.

The implications for men and women, and society more generally, of the move to pension splitting on divorce is also considered.