The first year after separation is the toughest, devastating, distressing, and most challenging period. Part of the difficulty for most people is that you are required to face a very new reality. There are many decisions, firsts, and often conflicts all whilst you are figuring out who [...]
This week on the Divorce Collective Podcast, Senior Associate Dannielle Young breaks down the common question of what is an Independent Children's Lawyer? What is an independent children's lawyer? An Independent Children's Lawyer (“ICL”) usually and frequently pops up in relation to family matters before the Federal [...]
Today on the Divorce Collective, Senior Associate Dannielle Young and Process Server Victoria Cook guide listeners through how process serving works. In a Family Law context, the reason Process Servers would be necessary is to ensure documents are served correctly, some documents must be served personally and [...]
You can only put an end to domestic violence if you are able to recognise it. Unfortunately, many people when inside a violent relationship, can’t spot it. We use the analogy that it is like you are a crab in a pot of water on the [...]
The Safe & Together training and model has been implemented by agencies in Australia already over the last about 7 years and the Federal Circuit Court and Family Courts are now jumping on board. Federal Circuit Court and Family Court Judges will undergo family violence focussed training. Safety [...]
Here at Collective Family Law, we are a full-service law firm with many solutions to help you through your divorce and separation. Our goal for all of our clients is to get them through this period of their life as soon as possible, allowing them to [...]
Finding out your partner is having an affair quite frankly - rocks your world, your marriage, and how you feel about yourself. There is no doubt that separation becomes so much more difficult when there is an affair due to a lot of emotion and hurt which [...]
Today on the Divorce Collective Podcast, Caralee talks about the importance of being ‘Social Media Savvy’ during your separation. Many people come unstuck when it comes to social media and their family law matter. We are navigating completely different times to say ten years ago, when it comes [...]
The COVID-19 vaccine currently isn’t approved for anyone under the age of 18 years of age, however, as conversations begin to arise in regards to the future of COVID-19 vaccines it is important to know where you stand as a parent. With that being said, we [...]
In March 2021 The Family Law Amendment (Federal Family Violence Orders) Bill 2021 was introduced to the House of Representatives. The Bill intends to establish new Federal Family Violence Orders (FFVO) issued by the Federal Circuit Courts and Family Courts. The FFVO's would operate in a similar way to [...]
