Posted on 03/04/2009 8:17:53 PM PST by Lorianne
CHEATING husbands will be open to divorce-style litigation from their mistresses under new laws.
Mistresses can now claim income maintenance, property and even superannuation funds under the Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures), dubbed the "mistress laws", which were passed by the Senate last November and came into effect today (March 1).
The main objective is to remove same-sex discrimination from the Family Court system, but they have left the door open for a raft of de facto relationship claims.
The laws declare that de facto couples who satisfy basic criteria - such as being in the relationship for at least two years - will be treated in the Family Court in the same way as a married couple. It also applies to same-sex couples.
The laws will change the way property is divided by enabling the court to consider the "future needs" of partners, as it does for married couples.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
BAWAHAHAHAHA
Legalized adultery. But then I’ve heard that women outnumber men in Australia by 5 or 6 to 1.
If governments stopped writing laws that helped lawyers, we would be in much better shape.
Have a prenup and if the hubby or wife cheats; they don’t get this provision.
Well, not quite. :-) From the CIA Factbook:
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
that is what I have always heard, had no way to verify the info.
Thank you so much for bursting my bubble. These are hard times and I needed the fantasy. LOL!!!!
Besides, what does the CIA even know, anyway? haha
They know that a bunch of them hate Bush and yes, IT’S BUSH’S FAULT!! ROFLMAO!
This is what happens when we stop defining marriage as being between ONE MAN and ONE WOMAN.
And so the line between short term rental and long term lease becomes increasingly blurred.
Popular new Australian phrase: "Sorry, baby. Your two years is up next week."
The media is doing a bit of a scare campaign on this - not that I mind adulterers being scared - it will really only apply to relationships that bear a distinct resemblance to marriage - in other words, the only people this will really affect are those who are living nearly polygamous lifestyles.
MEN...not males.
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