Family Lawyers in Southport, Gold Coast
Caralee FonteneleFounder
Your Local Southport Family Law Team
Services Provided In All Aspects Of Family Law
Going through a separation or divorce is one of the hardest things you will face, and the uncertainty around your children, your property and your future can feel overwhelming. Every decision seems to carry weight, and getting it wrong can cost you time, money and peace of mind.
You do not have to work through it alone. Collective Family Law Group is a team of experienced family law solicitors based in Southport Central, in the heart of the Gold Coast, helping clients with custody, property settlement, divorce, prenuptial agreements, family court matters and de facto separation. We give you clarity on where you stand and a clear plan for what happens next.
Why Choose Collective Family Law Group
- 10+ years serving Gold Coast families through separation and divorce
- Experienced, compassionate family law solicitors handling both simple and highly complex matters
- Clear, upfront communication so you always know where your case stands
- Transparent advice on costs before any work begins
- Clients represented from across the Gold Coast, Australia-wide, and internationally
- Meet us in person at our Southport office or via Zoom, whichever suits you
How Our Southport Family Lawyers Can Help
Our family law solicitors are skilled and compassionate, and they act in every area of family law, including property division, spousal maintenance, parenting arrangements, divorce, international child abduction, superannuation splits, family court applications and consent orders.
Whether you are thinking about separating, have already separated, or are in a parenting or property dispute, our team can help you understand your options and take the next step.
What to Expect When You Work With Us
Free discovery call
A short, no-obligation conversation where we listen to your situation and outline how we can help.
Clear, early advice
You will understand your options and the likely path forward before committing to anything, so you can make informed decisions.
A plan built around you
We map out a strategy for your circumstances, whether that means negotiation, mediation or court, and keep you updated at every stage.
What is the mission of Collective Family Law Group?
At Collective Family Law Group, our mission is to provide a family law service where our solicitors give advice with compassion, so that every client leaves with clarity and certainty. These three C’s guide how we conduct all of our family law cases, and they sit at the heart of everything we do.
It is our top priority to ensure that every client receives the service they deserve. That means not only the best possible legal advice, but also the small things that make all the difference: promptly returning phone calls, responding to correspondence from the other side in a timely manner, and keeping each matter moving forward without delay so that costs are kept as low as possible.
Whether your case is small and simple or an incredibly complex family law issue, we are here to tackle it with the same commitment to compassion, clarity and certainty.
Not sure how to find a good family lawyer?
You might realise that you need help in your family law matter but you are not sure exactly what a family law solicitor does for you if you are going through a divorce or family law dispute.
Can a family law solicitor help you?
If you considering separation or have separated from your long-term relationship, it is very wise to receive initial family law advice from an experienced family law solicitor. It is best to seek family law advice for a family lawyer that specialises in this practice area, rather than a lawyer that practices lots of different areas of law.
A family lawyer is a Solicitor who has a particular interest and skill in working in the practice area of family law. Family law solicitors often assist with advising on your family law rights and obligations, advising on your entitles in a property division or spousal maintenance application, assisting in getting full disclosure on a property division matter, advising clients on parenting arrangements, preparing and drafting consent orders, negotiating outcomes for family law clients regarding property and parenting, drafting court material, attending court, attending mediations and preparing clients for trial.
Good family lawyers are experienced in dealing with family law issues on a daily basis. Every family law matter is unique and family law solicitors will give advice specific to your own circumstances, ensure that your interests are protected, negotiate a settlement for you, and represent you in Court if needed.
What does a family lawyer in Southport do?
At Collective Family Law Group, our family law solicitors provide advice with compassion, so that every client leaves with clarity and certainty. A family lawyer on the Gold Coast helps people work through the legal side of separation and family breakdown, from property settlements and parenting arrangements to divorce applications and spousal or child maintenance. Whether the matter involves dividing assets, deciding where children will live and how time is shared, or applying for a divorce, we guide you through each step with practical, honest advice.
We also help clients put their agreements on a firm legal footing. That includes preparing binding financial agreements, negotiating settlements on your behalf, and drafting consent orders so that an agreement reached with the other party can be formalised through the court. Where matters cannot be resolved directly, we represent clients in mediation and, if needed, in court, always aiming to keep the matter moving forward without delay so that costs are kept as low as possible.
It is our top priority to ensure that every client receives the service they deserve, including the small things that make all the difference, such as promptly returning phone calls and responding to the other side’s correspondence in a timely manner. We tackle family law cases that are small and simple right through to incredibly complex issues.
How much does a family lawyer cost in Australia?
We understand that most family law clients are concerned about how much a family lawyer will cost and what that means for them as they move through their family law matters.
When we represent our clients we always talk about family law costs and what the likely outcome will be if the client goes ahead with each step. Your family law costs need to be commercially sound and viable. There should be a return on your investment when you are spending money of legal fees in your family law matter.
We help our clients to reduce their costs by educating them about what steps they can take to reduce the overall cost of their family law matter.
At Collective Family Law Group we also offer a range of payment options such as JustFund or Plenti. This allows our family law clients to not have further financial stress as they go through their family law process or family court process.
Why choose Collective Family Law Group?
Our family law solicitors only practice family and divorce law, making them experts at family law, divorce and separation.
Collective Family Law Group is a well-established family law firm based in Southport.
We have a highly skilled family law team and strict guidelines as to how we serve our family law clients and make their family law matters our priority.
Our family law solicitors understand that our client’s family law issues are pressing and urgent for our clients. We train our family law solicitors to be excellent communicators and to ensure that our family law clients know what is happening on their property division or child custody matter at all times.
We aim to resolve family law matters as quickly as possible and, most often, without court proceedings.
We offer free and reduced fee initial consultations so that our clients get to meet their family law solicitor without any financial risk before they engage our family law firm.
We can represent you in court or help you settle without going to court.
Our family law solicitors pride themselves on getting our family law clients the results they deserve and as a result, our expert family law team receives positive reviews every month.
We are conveniently located in Southport with three hours of free parking and a welcoming and friendly office space.
As expert family lawyers, we can assist family law clients in all aspects of family law.
Our family lawyers and family law firm are well-connected with other experts in the industry that can assist and help our family law clients get the results that they deserve.
At Collective Family Law Group, we have been practising family law exclusively for a long time. If you are not sure about choosing our family law firm to help you with your separation or divorce, our free, no-obligation family law consultation is a great way to see if our family law solicitors are the right fit for you.
Need more information about family law before you choose a lawyer?
There is lots of information about family law in Australia and how the family law process is managed. We have lots of information on our website such as how to separate amicably, what the four-step process is, what consent orders are or how to pick a family law solicitor.
You can also download our family law guide ‘Who Get’s What?
For further information on family law, you can also visit the government website for family law here.
What Our Clients Say About Us
What Family Law Service Do You Need?
If you’re facing family law issues, you need to get the best family law advice possible. After all, it can be incredibly stressful going through separation or divorce or dealing with an angry spouse. It can be even more challenging if your story extends overseas or you have a complex asset pool with businesses or trust structures. Get the proper family law legal advice on your complex family law issues from a team of Gold Coast family lawyers that care about your outcomes and results.
Parenting and Children Negotiations
- Negotiating and documenting parenting arrangements
- Disputes about parenting and time with children
- Deciding where children will live and spend their time
- Making agreements legally binding through consent orders
- Applications by grandparents and other family members
- Moving away with children, locally or overseas
- Interstate and international travel
- Passport concerns and Airport Watch List requests
- Responding to or enforcing breaches of parenting orders
- Collaborative practice and family mediation
- Parenting applications to the court
- Advice and protection where family or domestic violence is a concern
Property Division
- Early advice on your rights after separation
- Divorce applications
- Separation of de facto and same-sex couples
- Dividing the asset pool, including the family home, businesses and investments
- Resolving property disputes
- Superannuation splitting
- Spousal maintenance claims and responses
- Prenuptial and separation financial agreements
- Consent orders and asset transfers under consent orders or binding financial agreements
- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration
- Court applications and representation at hearings
- Advice and protection where family or domestic violence is a concern
Southport and Surrounding Suburbs
Our office is in Southport Central (Tower 3, Level 2, 9 Lawson Street), close to the Southport Courthouse. We work with clients from Southport and the surrounding suburbs, including Main Beach, Labrador, Ashmore, Benowa, Bundall, Molendinar, Parkwood, Arundel, Biggera Waters and Runaway Bay, as well as Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach, Helensvale, Nerang, Robina, Burleigh Heads and right across the Gold Coast. We can meet in person at our office or via Zoom.
Because the Family Law Act is federal legislation, we also act for clients Australia-wide and for people located overseas who need advice on Australian family law matters.