Family Law
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves
When dealing with a complex family matter, speak to an attorney who understands the importance of protecting your rights. It must be recognised that when someone needs a family lawyer it is because of a crisis in their life. It has been said that second to a death in the family, changes to the family by the way of separation or divorce is the greatest cause of stress. We are always conscious that dealing with family law matters can be extremely stressful. You need time to think and you also need quality advice that does not play on your emotions. Naturally, it is essential that strategies are designed to achieve the best possible outcome for you at the minimum expense.
Services offered through our family law department:
- Contested divorces
- Uncontested divorces
- Variation of divorce orders
- Divorce mediation on division of assets, maintenance and contact to children
- Unmarried parent mediations on division of assets, maintenance and contact to children
- Unmarried couple mediations on division of assets and maintenance
- Maintenance disputes
- Parental rights and responsibility (custody) disputes
- Child abduction
- Relocation
- Adoption and foster care
- Maintenance disputes
- Domestic violence disputes
- Domestic partnership & civil union law