Separation can bring a number of immediate decisions into focus. Your property settlement may not be the first of them. You may have made some financial arrangements with your former partner, divided certain assets or left things as they are while other matters took...
An informal parenting arrangement may work well until circumstances change. A new school routine, changing work commitments, difficult changeovers or repeated disagreements can expose issues that weren’t there when the arrangement was first made. If your parenting...
Once separation starts to feel likely, the questions can become more immediate. Should I move out of the family home? What happens to our finances? What should we tell the children? Do we need to agree on parenting arrangements now? There may also be conversations...
There’s a common assumption that you speak to a family lawyer once you’ve decided to separate. In reality, there can be value in getting legal advice much earlier. You might be considering separation but haven’t made a decision, or you may have questions about what...
What is Hannah’s Law in Queensland? Hannah’s Law is a common name for Queensland’s recent domestic and family violence reforms that target coercive control. The reforms were introduced in stages after the death of Hannah Clarke and her three children in 2020. They...
