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Sharon Chandra: Prenups can be challenged

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 12 Jul 2026, 6:00pm
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More than 7800 divorces were granted last year, with nearly 6000 underage children seeing their parents split - that's about 8 divorces for every 1000 marriages. 

Looking deeper, about 5 percent of marriages end in 5 years, 15 percent end within 10, and more than a third dissolve within 25 years.

With marriage numbers already declining, and the cost-of-living crisis still biting, how does a couple go about splitting up amicably? What paperwork needs to be sorted? and how can we ensure our assets aren't treated as collateral?

Family and Relationship Property Lawyer, Sharon Chandra, joins Smart Money to unpack what options there are.

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