Here are just a few things we have been involved in over the years, both in and out of Court:
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Navigating clients through complex property settlement matters which involve companies, trusts and business structures.
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Successfully arguing at trial for a change to a young boys’ living arrangements because of malicious and false allegations made by the other parent against our client.
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Successfully arguing matters where one party has “wasted” assets through behaviour such as gambling and other addictions.
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Assisting a parent with no local support system to be able to move away to be closer to family/financial support.
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Complex superannuation entitlements; Commonwealth defined benefit scheme such as the CSS and PSS, retirement pensions, invalidity pensions.
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Successfully securing the urgent return of a young child to their primary carer.
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Assisting clients in complex property negotiations and Court litigation where one or both parties have received inheritances or introduced significant assets into the relationship or during the relationship.
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Ensuring a spouse in the vulnerable position of having limited income had urgent and regular access to fund.
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Successfully arguing the return to a previously existing arrangement after many months of our client not seeing their child.
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Assisting clients with prenuptial agreements and other Financial Agreements.
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Matters involving serious mental health issues, addiction issues or other risk issues.
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Complex parenting arrangements involving very young children.
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Surrogacy matters and obtaining parentage Orders in the Supreme Court.
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Matters where there is a dispute about whether Australia or another country is a better forum to deal with a dispute.
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Preparing settlement agreements to protect the property rights of clients.
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Matters involving family or domestic violence allegations and proceedings in either the Magistrates Court/Local Courts/Family Law Court concerning domestic violence or family violence matters.
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Urgently preventing the unilateral sale or disposal of property by one spouse or partner;
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Matters where a spouse or partner is “out of time” to commence financial proceedings against the other spouse or partner;
- Matters where inheritances have been received either during the relationship or after separation.
- Discovering hidden assets.
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International parenting matters;
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Matters where property or a party is overseas.