Divorce isn’t always as complicated as it seems. This is what’s really involved

Relationships are complicated. When they end, they can get even more complicated.

Sometimes lawyers are needed to help untangle your lives from each other, and you may need to go through what is basically a divorce, even if you never got married in the first place.

To make sense of what that even means, ABC Life spoke with both family law experts and someone who’s recently been through the legal process of divorce to give you an idea of the practicalities involved.

Of course, this is going to be very general advice on what you need to do after you split, time limits, annulments, when you need to go for mediation, the cost and where to get support — you will need to talk to a lawyer for advice on your particular situation.

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