Family violence or domestic violence often accompanies relationship breakdown. Domestic abuse can take many forms and can have disastrous effects on the lives of adults and children.
Where violence has such a profound impact on the victim that they were unable to contribute financially to the family or contribute non-financially to the welfare of the family, then violence may become a factor in a property settlement.
Alternatively, violence or other conduct may have resulted in long term effects to the party’s health and therefore could be a factor to consider under the additional factors of s 75(2).
