‘My whole life is in that house’: survivors fleeing domestic violence can lose much more than their home
Inflexible laws allow perpetrators to dispute ownership of belongings, leaving their partners to start from scratch
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Tessa scarcely had time to collect her belongings before escaping the home she had shared with her husband of 20 years.
Later, as she took out an apprehended domestic violence order against him, the court asked her to make a list of items she wanted to collect.
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Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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