Our Services

Irrespective of your location,
we have capacity to provide advice and representation for all your family law needs.

Expertise you can count on

Given the extensive nature of our expertise, we act on behalf of a variety of clients impacted upon by a separation. Every Family Law matter is unique.

Our Services

We act on behalf of a variety of clients impacted upon by a separation.

Latest News

Read the latest blogs from our family lawyers.

Resources

Download any of our free guides to find out more information on family law.

Media

Listen to our free podcasts to better understand Family Law issues.

Need Family Law Help?

We are passionate about providing a specialty Family Law service that welcomes you, understands you and shows you empathy in difficult times.
Find out why you can be assured of our commitment to your legal needs.

Accredited Family Law Specialists

Kara Best, Legal Practice Director, Amity Anderson, Andrew McCormack and Lynn Armstrong are Accredited Family Law Specialists, recognised by the Queensland Law Society.

Collaborative Law

Specialty trained collaborative lawyers are able to offer resolution in a meaningful way.

Relocation

Often one of the most painful areas of litigation, relocation cases are particularly difficult and given their complexity, representation is often essential.

Parenting matters

Focus on the rights of children to have a meaningful relationship with both parents, and to be protected from the risk of, or actual harm, abuse or neglect.

Property settlements

There are no hard and fast rules about percentage divisions for property settlement, it is a process of valuing joint property, assessing contributions, and the ‘future considerations’ adjustment.

Planning Financial Agreements

Financial contracts made before, during, or after matrimonial and de facto (same sex and heterosexual) relationships, including ‘Pre-Nups’.

Mediation

Mediation is a confidential ‘without prejudice’ process with an independent neutral third party assisting parties to negotiate and reach a decision about their dispute.

Family Dispute Resolution

FDR is a mediation process used in parenting matters, and is a mandated requirement under the Family Law Act before commencing proceedings for parenting orders.

Child support

Child support is, put simply, money transferred from one parent to another for the benefit of a child following separation.

Spousal maintenance

When a relationship (marriage or de facto) ends, a party may be entitled to claim spousal maintenance.

Separation

Separation is a significant event, with emotional, physical and financial repercussions. Accurate and timely information and emotional support are critical.

Divorce

You can make your own application for a divorce. Some people like to engage a solicitor to guide the process, and we offer a convenient fixed fee service to help with this. It is a personal choice.

Domestic and family violence issues

Applications for protection orders, defending of protection orders, and the investigation and litigation of domestic or family violence including abuse, neglect and associated risk to children.

De Facto law

Opposite-sex and same-sex de facto couples can now access the Federal Family Law Courts on property and maintenance matters.

Surrogacy

Compliance with the Surrogacy Act to enable a surrogacy arrangement and transfer of parental responsibility.

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