Family Lawyers

When your relationship ends, bringing about a divorce is a crucial step to recognising the end of the marital union and vowels. Involving divorce lawyers can help you resolve disputes, obtain important legal information and protections and finalise the process quickly.

Family law property settlements. We offer a range of solutions from medium to large estates, including complex family law matters.

Financial Agreements are an effective way of agreeing to divide property from a marriage or de facto relationship.

An Application for Consent Orders is a property settlement option made by a joint application to the Family Court of Australia.

The family law recognises that at times one party may need financial support from the other party. Our experienced family lawyers can help with maintenance applications or responses.

If you are unable to resolve your family law dispute, the family court can decide the matter and resolve the dispute.

If your legal matter can be solved through mediation, it can be an empowering process which often saves money, reduces stress, saves time and can go some way to having a better relationship with the other party. There is a lot of good that can come from mediation. We recommend mediation and alternative dispute resolution in many cases. Contact our family lawyers to discuss whether mediation is right for your situation.

When parents separate, they usually agree on arrangements for the children. Sometimes they want to formalise these arrangements into writing. Other times, parents cannot agree and require help. There are several good options to help parents resolve disputes. If you cannot resolve your parenting dispute contact our family lawyers for experienced and trusted legal assistance.

Parenting plans are a written agreement between parents about child arrangements. It is a terrific way to settle parenting arrangements and avoid disputes.

When life pulls parents in different directions or when a parent needs to leave an area, the parents need to decide how the change will affect their children. Where parents cannot decide about whether a child should relocate with a parent our family lawyers can help. When you need to relocate a child where it is in the best interests of the child we can help advocate on your behalf or put your matter before the family law courts to determine.

When a parent unilaterally takes a child of the parties, that parent may not be acting in the bests interests of the child. We can help parents look at child recovery negotiations and if necessary, court proceedings to have your child returned to your care. Contact our family lawyers today to discuss your parenting issues.

Changing a child's name requires the agreement of both parents or a court order. We can help you bring about a name change through negotiation or if it is in the best interests of the child, court proceedings.