When going through a divorce it is vital to protect children from the long term effects conflict can have on them. Seeing two parents' emotions toward each other drastically change can be harmful and can mentally affect the livelihood of these children.Today, Senior Associate, Dannielle Young will be following [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This week, we have Senior Associate from Collective Family Law, Dannielle Young, hosting the podcast! Dannielle Young has practised in family law for over 14 years. Dannielle has a passion for helping families, particularly children. She takes pride in helping parents through the separation process as [...]
1. Gathering basic information You are going to need to know details about your relationship’s financial set-up as well as other basic information such as dates regarding the relationship, where documents are kept, and whose name is on what assets, household bills, and other liabilities. This can be overwhelming, [...]
Part of being clever through your separation is protecting yourself, in a legal sense of course, but also emotionally. Technology and social media have undoubtedly changed the way, people, part ways. With the touch of a button, we now can potentially see what our former partner is doing and who he [...]
There are some things you can’t change Have compassion and accept that you can’t change your ex-partner, who they are, what they have done, who their new partner is, or what they choose to do. You can, however, choose how you behave, which will greatly influence your process. Acting with [...]
