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Selina-jane Trigg
Nov 14, 20224 min read
Why You Can Ease Up About Your Parenting Plan!
You’re about to sit down with your ex and work out how you will co-parent your children. You may be doing this over a coffee. You may...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Aug 29, 20227 min read
Should I meet with my Ex and a Lawyer?
Tama sounded defensive the moment I answered his call to me. He and his ex, Amy, had separated 6 months ago. Tama didn’t have a lawyer...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Aug 15, 20225 min read
How Can We Have an Amicable Separation?
When you are facing a separation, what lies ahead can seem confusing and very unclear. What should you do first? What are the most...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Aug 8, 20223 min read
Should I Move Out of the Family Home?
Jennifer is planning on leaving her marriage of 15 years to Zayne. She decided to have a consultation with me so that she could get...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Jul 11, 20222 min read
Who keeps the Pets in a Separation?
Our pets hold a special place in our hearts and our homes. They become a much loved part of our families. For many, they become akin to a...
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Selina-jane Trigg
May 16, 20222 min read
Who Keeps the Ring?
Lee and Kelly had been living together for three years when Lee finally took the advice of Beyonce and “put a ring on it”. Kelly was...
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Selina-jane Trigg
May 9, 20223 min read
Untying the Knot
I received a distraught phone call recently from Ramona. It was Wednesday and she was due to get married on Saturday. The one hitch to...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Feb 20, 20223 min read
Vaccination & the Family Court
As New Zealanders face the challenge of living with Covid-19 in the community and the mandate debate continues, disputes between parents...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Dec 6, 20215 min read
Holiday Sur-Thri-Val After a Separation
I will never forget the time I asked about the holiday plans of a client who was working through her separation. She told me each of her...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Nov 26, 20215 min read
Co-Parenting through the Holidays
The countdown to the holidays is well and truly on! Are you sorted? You may be the type to have your Christmas gifts bought and wrapped,...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Aug 18, 20217 min read
Surviving being Exes in Lockdown Together
As New Zealand goes into lockdown again, not everyone is happy about who they are sharing their bubble with, particularly those whose...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Aug 16, 20213 min read
Keeping Yourself Covered - Helping your Child Buy a Home
Miranda and Simon’s daughter, Miria, is a very fortunate young person. Miria is about to achieve what we are told is the unachievable in...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Jul 26, 20213 min read
Dividing Up Your Kiwisaver or Superannuation on Separation
Ngaire was one unhappy woman. Her friend had warned her that she was about to lose half her carefully squirelled away Kiwisaver and...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Jul 19, 20215 min read
Keeping Yourself Covered - When Your Parents Help You Buy a Home
Rebecca was struggling – she was facing all the usual challenges of a being a first-time mother to a three months old baby. She was also...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Jul 12, 20214 min read
"Why is the Date of Our Separation Important?"
Robert and Megan are using the Collaborative Process to work through the legal and financial issues at the end of their marriage. Before...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Jul 5, 20213 min read
The Value of a Valuation
A reader of this blog, who had separated recently from her partner, asked whether she should have the relationship home valued by a...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Jun 21, 20214 min read
My Relationship was Short - Will my Ex Get Half my House?!
I recently wrote about Sean the whirlwind. He wanted an annulment, rather than wait for a divorce, because his marriage ended after only...
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Selina-jane Trigg
Jun 8, 20213 min read
My Marriage was Short - Can I get an Annulment?
When your marriage was short, you may think that an annulment is the way to quickly bring it to an end. However this may not be so easy!
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Selina-jane Trigg
May 31, 20215 min read
"I Want to Keep the House!!"
If you own a home, one of the biggest questions going around in your head after separation will likely be “What happens to the house?”....
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Selina-jane Trigg
May 24, 20215 min read
Timing is Everything in Your Separation or Divorce!
Diving from a great height for its pray at over 320 kilometres per hour, the world’s fastest bird is the Peregrine Falcon. I met the...
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