It is fair to say that marriage isn’t for everyone and many people believe that once the rings are put onto the fingers during a wedding ceremony, the relationship changes and people change as well. This is why many people prefer to stay in long-term relationships so that there is no pressure there and it just makes living together so much easier.
The downside however is that it can be difficult taking advantage of certain government incentives that have been put in place for married couples only. It can be a little bit of a legal minefield when it comes to doing other things like buying properties and having children.
It is a well-known statistic that over 50% of marriages end in separation and divorce. This is one of the reasons why people prefer not to get married in the first place but if they live together over a long period of time and they do have kids then if the relationship ends, there can be a number of legal issues that need to be solved.
Many people get involved in a de facto property settlement so that everything can be divided up properly at the end of the relationship.
In order for such a thing to be put into place, however, you need to prove that you were in fact involved in such a relationship and so this is when the fun starts. The following are just some of the top ways that will help you to prove that you are indeed in a de facto relationship here in Australia.
- Get a tenancy agreement – If you are in fact living together then it would make sense that you would take out the tenancy agreement in both your names. This will prove to the courts that you have been in a long-term relationship and even if you move into the other person’s own home, make sure that you add them to the initial agreement and this will help to serve as evidence that you were in a relationship with them.
- Get yourself a joint bank account – Everybody needs money and everyone needs to be able to gain access to it to take care of things like bills, get the weekly shop and if there are children, to buy them school uniforms and many other things. Opening a bank account together will show that you both support each other financially and this goes a long way to proving that you are in a de facto relationship.
- Take lots of photographs – People only believe that they can see and so if you have lots of photographs with you and your partner on things like vacations, celebrating birthdays together and other milestones with your friends and family then this will be proof that you both have been in a relationship together.
Hopefully, these three ways to prove a de facto relationship can help you to make progress when your relationship comes to an abrupt and sad end.
