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I'll add to this: you don't necessarily have to get married for this to apply. In most (all?) Australian jurisdictions, living with someone for enough time is enough to establish you as defacto - which for almost all intents and purposes is just like being married.

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Also worth noting is that Australia doesn't have alimony, nor do we seem to have the ridiculous child support arrangements that people get into overseas.

Australia absolutely does have laws on the books for alimony, aka spousal maintenance.

Holy shit, we do. Never actually met anyone who had to pay it, though.

It is hilarious that you confidently assert something completely wrong that could have been researched with a simple google search.

We have both of those things here.

We have child support but I assume by ridiculous arrangements they meant were don’t have uncapped child support and it’s also income based not earning potential based.

No getting trapped in a job you hate. No pretending it costs hundreds of thousands a year to raise a kid.

>No getting trapped in a job you hate. No pretending it costs hundreds of thousands a year to raise a kid.

Yeah, this is basically what I meant. You don't see the crazy situations like they have in the US where dads are driven into bankruptcy by obscene alimony/child support payments. At worst, it's a pain in the arse.

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