Separated, still living together
What you get straight now decides what you walk away with.
Your dates, your records and your side of the money, in one private place.
Encrypted on your own device. Yours to work through at your own pace.
Under one roof, nothing marks the line
When someone moves out, the line marks itself. There is a date on a lease, a removalist, a conversation everyone remembers because something visible happened.
So the relationship is over, but nothing shows it. Every week you both stay adds more shared facts, and any of them can later be used to argue it had not really ended. That is what turns a fair outcome into an argument, and pushes back the day you both get to move on.
The clearer the record, the less it costs you.
Unprepared costs far more at every stage, and buys you nothing extra.
Per person. Each figure includes what came before. Illustrative.
Plenty of people stay under one roof because two households cost more than one. The same arithmetic applies to the rest of it. A family lawyer charges $300 to $750 an hour plus GST, and a separation date that gets argued over is exactly the kind of thing that fills those hours. Most of that falls away when the record already exists.
$79 a month, while it still matters.
- One plan. $79 a month, including GST.
- 14-day free trial. A card is needed to start, and it does not have to be your own.
- Cancel any time.
Inside PartWise
You answer simple questions. What you get back are the facts and records you can actually use.
You do not need to know what the Court looks for, or which dates will matter later. PartWise asks you one plain question at a time and keeps the record straight as you go.
PartWise does not write your affidavit and is not legal advice. It gives you the dated records to write one accurately from.
Private by design
What if I'm not ready for anyone to know?
Here is everything that leaves PartWise, and what does not.
Nothing appears on a statement for the first fourteen days, because the trial charges nothing. After that, payments are labelled PARTWISE, and nothing in that name mentions separation. The card does not have to be your own, and you can change it later from your account.
Your vault is encrypted on your own device with a key only you hold, so we cannot read what is inside. It locks itself when you close it, so nobody around you can read it either, even with your phone in their hand.
We do send you email: a code to verify your address, a welcome note, and reminders while your trial is running. They come from PartWise. The address you sign up with does not have to be the one you usually use.
PartWise never contacts the other person, and never tells anyone you are using it.
You decide what, if anything, you ever share.
While you are both still here
This is the part you can control
You cannot control how the other side behaves or how long it takes. You can control what is written down, and when you are living under one roof that matters more to a fair outcome than most people realise.
1. Pin down the date
Assets and debts built up during the relationship are treated differently to those that come after the separation date. That date decides which is which.
2. Track what moves around
You are still sharing bills and accounts. Anything sold, added or taken out can only be raised later if you can show when it happened against that date.
3. Know what you will both be asked for
Each of you will need to show what you brought in, what you built up together, and what has happened since you separated.
You do not have to work out any of this yourself. PartWise asks you for it one thing at a time, and keeps the dates straight as you go.
If you later apply for a divorce
A divorce is a separate step, twelve months after separation, and it decides nothing about money or children. But if you were at the same address for any part of those twelve months, the Court will want more than your word that you were separated. That usually means two written statements, including one from someone outside the relationship.
It is an awkward thing to assemble a year later, from dates nobody wrote down. Read the Court's own guidance: Separated but living under one roof.
The Court's guidance tells you what it needs to see. What it cannot tell you is what happened in your house, week by week. Only you have that, and only if it was written down at the time.
Common questions
Questions are welcome
Email support@partwise.com.au with anything you want to check before you start. We answer within two business days, and you do not have to explain your situation to get an answer.
Start where you are.
There is no right moment to begin. The sooner it is down, the sooner everyone can move on.
Free for 14 days, then $79 a month including GST. Cancel any time. Card required to start.