Case Study: The Inspiration Behind the Legal Service Quote Checker
Background: The CEO of MDL, Shane, was approached by a friend during his weekly tennis fixtures who mentioned he had received a quote ranging from $23k to $33k for a Binding Financial Agreement review. Based on his experience, Shane found these figures to be on the extreme high end and decided to investigate it further. […]
Family Law 101s: The Devil’s in the detail – getting your Consent Order done right | PROPERTY POOL
By Daniel Ulaszyn We’re fierce advocates of striving to obtain a property settlement by consent and without going to Court. We feel the best way to make the property settlement legally binding is through a Consent Order – it’s an Order of the Court, but no-one goes to Court. With the substance and clauses of […]
Family Law 101s: The Devil’s in the detail – getting your Consent Order done right | SUPER
By Daniel Ulaszyn We’re fierce advocates of striving to obtain a property settlement by consent and without going to Court. We feel the best way to make the property settlement legally binding is through a Consent Order – it’s an Order of the Court, but no-one goes to Court. With the substance and clauses of […]
Family Law 101s: The Devil’s in the detail – getting your Consent Order done right | HOUSE TRANSFER
By Daniel Ulaszyn We’re fierce advocates of striving to obtain a property settlement by consent and without going to Court. We feel the best way to make the property settlement legally binding is through a Consent Order – it’s an Order of the Court, but no-one goes to Court. With the substance and clauses of […]
6 weeks to go! Don’t miss the parenting arrangement deadlines for this Christmas
6 weeks to go! Don’t miss the deadline to finalise parenting arrangements for Christmas and December/January school holidays by Jasmine Evans 11 November 2022 cut-off date It’s time to make sure that you put in place your parenting arrangements for the Christmas period and December/January school holidays. The cut-off date to file court applications this […]
Why should I formalise my Family Law agreement?
by James Halliday If a relationship breaks down, the best approach the parties can take will include maintaining a ‘working relationship’ in order to amicably reach an agreement. This will allow the parties to save substantial financial and emotional stress by avoiding the Court system. If the parties are able to reach an agreement on […]
Family and Domestic Violence / FDV Leave
A landmark decision has been handed down by The Fair Work Commission providing Australian workers with an entitlement to 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave. What is family and domestic violence? Domestic violence is defined in the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 (Qld) as: Domestic violence means behaviour by a person […]
QLD Government to introduce a new offence to criminalise coercive control
By James Marmin In December 2021, the first Report “Hear Her Voice” was released by the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce. This Taskforce, chaired by the Honourable Margaret McMurdo AC was established to examine the impact of coercive control in domestically violent relationships and to consider the need for a specific offence of domestic violence […]
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia: Pre-Action Procedures
By James Marmin In September 2021, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia merged to form the new Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (“FCFCOA”). There were a range of motives for the merge, all with the underlying mission to streamline the court system for Family Law matters by […]
Enforcing Compliance with Family Court Orders
By James Marmin and James Halliday Sometimes in Family Law matters, a party will not comply with the orders which have been made. Unfortunately, this can be a common occurrence in Family Law and can take a further emotional toll on the complying party as they attempt to enforce the orders. Non-compliance can occur in […]
