Resolve Your Family Law Issues Sooner

It’s critical to get advice when negotiating a property settlement so that you can protect your assets from the start.

Our family law solicitors in the Gold Coast  will give your the right independent legal advice and protect your financial position.

Ideally, family law clients are able to come to an agreement through their family law solicitors on how to split assets or property without getting a court involved.

Couples going through a separation or divorce need to divide their assets so that they can each move on and be financially independent. A property settlement can occur any time after separation, there is no need to wait until the parties are divorced. It is important to know that if you get divorced that there is a time limit of 12 months after a Divorce Order for couples to agree on a property settlement. If you are in a Defacto relationship, the time frame allows the couple 24 months after the relationship has ended to agree on a property settlement. Our Gold Coast family lawyers are very skilled and experienced at helping parties finalise complex property matters. This includes doing superannuation splits between the couple, as often superannuation is one of the largest matrimonial assets.

As experienced family lawyers we can help you negotiate your property settlement and advise you if it is necessary to file an application in court to obtain a fair and equitable property settlement.

We will ensure that you obtain full disclosure of all the assets in your matrimonial property pool from the outset so your family lawyer can help you make concise decisions.

Ideally, you will come to a mutual decision on how your children spend time with each parent, so that you can create a parenting plan and then get your parenting plan drafted into consent orders to give your family certainty. If you cannot reach an agreement, you may have to apply through the Court to seek parenting orders. It’s crucial to get the best family law legal advice from the start. In family law every family is different and it is best to get independent legal advice from an expert family law solicitor Gold Coast. We will help you through this difficult time and ensure that you and your children have certainty around how your children spend their time.

Collective Family Lawyers are Gold Coast’s family law experts and provide a range of family law services, including assisting families in arriving at the best possible outcomes for the care and custody of their children. Our family law solicitors can assist with legal matters that include the well-being of children,  child custody, child abduction, international relocations of children, interstate relocation of a child, child support, and international legal matters involving children. Our family lawyers will help you to finalise your parenting matters and reach an agreement that is in your child’s best interest. 

To get a divorce, you must show that you’ve been separated for at least 12 months without any possibility of reconciliation. If you can show that the separation is genuine, you can apply to the Court for a divorce, no matter the other party’s wishes. You should look for the best divorce lawyer in the Gold Coast to assist you with your divorce proceedings. 

Our Gold Coast divorce lawyers can help you to finalise your family law matter and move forward with your life following the breakdown relationship. Marriage and de-factor relationship breakdowns happen for a range of reasons. At Collective Family Law, we can help people no matter what the reason the relationship has come to an end. Our Gold Coast family law service assists people through separation and divorce to resolve difficult disputes relating to property settlements that may involve property, trusts and businesses. We also help families with children arrange their child custody plans as they move forward. 

Before you enter into a marriage or a de facto relationship, you should consider the long-term consequences in the event of anything going wrong. This involves setting up a prenup agreement that is legally binding and covers the financial affairs of both parties. Should the relationship end in separation or divorce, the agreement will dictate how property or finances should be divided rather than relying on the Family Law Act, which may not suit your circumstances. As this will help protect various assets, it’s important to get proper legal advice from family law solicitors in the Gold Coast.

Attending Family dispute resolution can help you, and your former spouse reach an agreement following separation. A common example of Family Dispute Resolution is Mediation. In this situation, the case is heard in front of a neutral third party who can assist the parties in resolving their disputes and coming to a resolution. With the help of a mediator, you may be able to reach an agreement regarding the division of property, money, assets and care of children.

Everything discussed with the Family Dispute Resolution Mediator is private, and it is possible to bring in other family members for support. This is also a compulsory phase step that must be taken before any application can be made to the Court for parenting orders, and you should consider seeking legal help to guide you through this process.

If you or someone you know has suffered from domestic or family violence, a Domestic Violence Order (“DVO”) — also known as a protection order — may help protect you or the person in need of protection from future harm. 

A DVO will order the other party not to commit domestic violence and be of good behaviour towards you. A DVO may also stop the person from attending your home or work, approaching or contacting you or other people named in the order. In urgent cases, a temporary order can be made before the full matter is considered. 

You should consult with one of our family lawyers in the Gold Coast to ensure your Application is sufficient to protect you and others you wish to be named on the Order. At Collective Family Law our family law solicitors are able to assist you whether you want to make an application to the Court or if you need to defend an application made against you. 

As specialty family lawyers, we assist many people through domestic abuse legislation. We can assist parties on the Gold Coast if they are filing or responding to a Domestic Violence Order (DVO). These matters may be in Court, or we can also assist with negotiations between parties. We assist both male and female clients with their DVO and family law disputes to help our clients feel protected and safe. 

In family law, there are times in both property matters and parenting (child custody)  matters when the couple can not reach an agreement and one of the parties may be forced to file an application in the court to seek the court’s assistance. If this occurs it is not easy to navigate the family court process alone and it is highly recommended that because of the complexities that the parties seek legal representation from an experienced family lawyer.  We assist Gold Coast people in their family law legal matters to help them with initiating applications, court appearances, responding material, court hearings, interim applications and trials. The Court process is complex and difficult. For the best legal representation on the Gold Coast, Collective Family Law can assist you. 

People immigrating and moving countries can cause many complications when people go through separation and divorce. Family law can become very complex when parties deal with cross-border differences. Our Gold Coast Family Lawyers have years of international family law experience. We have helped many people with overseas family law property divisions, international child abduction, international child custody, airport watch orders and overseas travel for children.