You’ve looked around for your perfect property. You’ve done the hard yards and sorted out finance, pest and build reports and gone through the str...
What is the FCFCOA, and what does it mean for me?
From today, the family law courts as we know them will cease to exist, and the new Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, or FCFCOA, will begi...
Moving House during Lockdown
To help anyone who is thinking about selling or moving during lockdown, here are some questions we have been frequently asked by our conveyancing clie...
COVID 19 and Parenting Arrangements – 2021 UPDATE
The global pandemic has forced lifestyle changes upon all of us, but as a separated parent you may find yourself querying whether your new normal stil...
5 Top Tips for purchasing at Auction
We are experiencing that more and more vendors are opting to sell at auction. For a vendor client, this is great, as it assists in driving the price...
Updating your Will when you have remarried or repartnered
Updating your will when you have remarried can be a tricky issue to navigate. You are likely trying to simultaneously achieve the following objectives...
What are Granny Flat Agreements? 5 things to consider
Living on your own can sometimes be difficult. In our practice as estate planning lawyers, we meet clients who, as they get older, find that managing ...
Our top tips for a successful family law mediation
The Family Court system expects that people will only file court proceedings when there is no other readily available way to resolve their dispute. Fo...
What is the ‘duty of disclosure’ in family law property proceedings?
In all family law proceedings, each party has a ‘duty of disclosure’. This duty means that each party must provide the other with any and all info...
What happens if I can’t afford supervised contact through a private contact centre?
In parenting matters where there are allegations of risk of harm to the children, it’s not uncommon that the party alleging the risk may seek th...