We believe that every person is entitled to have the benefit of good legal advice for a reasonable fee

Family Law

We can assist you in providing sound legal advice and legal services in all family law matters including issues relating to divorce and financial relief on the breakdown of marriage, including prenuptial agreements and applications for financial provision, applications for parenting orders, court practice and procedure, bankruptcy and insolvency affecting financial provision, consent orders, lump sum orders, periodical payments for children, child support, spousal maintenance, pensions, insurance, superannuation, garnishee orders, property adjustment orders, methods of enforcement, and special considerations, which need to be taken into account. Also including registration of births and issues relating to the change of a person’s name, access to birth records, evidence and procedure in children proceedings, parenting orders, specific issue orders, parental responsibility, powers and duties in relation to the protection of children including Consent Orders, Parenting Orders, Family Violence Orders, and child-support.

We can assist in issues relating to entering into marriage, including capacity to marry, legal requirements of marriage, registration of marriages, recognition of foreign marriages, proceedings for nullity, legal effects and benefits of marriage, ownership of property,  legitimacy of children and rights and duties of married persons.

We can give you sound advice relating to unmarried partners, including de facto relationships and same sex relationships, cohabitation and separation agreements, children of unmarried partners, property rights, pensions, welfare benefits, taxation, and rights on death.