Our Service

Parenting

Parenting law covers a diverse and often sensitive range of topics, including: parental responsibility, child’s best interests, same sex parenting, parenting plans, relocation and international parenting issues.

With over 60 years’ combined experience, we understand the importance of giving you options to achieve your parenting goals in a timely manner, while putting your children’s best interests first.

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Property Division

Byron Bay Family Law provides advice and representation in relation to all property-related family law matters.

Getting realistic, quality advice early and knowing where you stand can minimise stress as well as costs.

Property division encompasses the division of assets, liabilities and superannuation and other financial resources, treatment of high net income and high value asset separation, as well as prenuptial agreements.

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Maintenace

Common questions arising from relationship breakdown include how children will be supported and your eligibility or obligation for spousal maintenance.

To move forward, knowledge of your rights and obligations is vital.

We offer specialist advice in relation to all aspects of child support and maintenance, including assessment, review/appeals and private agreements as well as spousal maintenance orders and financial agreements.

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Mediation and Resolution

Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) and mediation allows parties to self- determine parenting plans, spousal maintenance, child support and financial and property settlements – fairly and with respect for each other.

Vanessa Mathews is a nationally accredited FDR Practitioner and Mediator, and trained Parenting Coordinator. She assists families – at all stages of proceedings – to discuss issues in dispute and consider different options, with a focus on their children’s needs.

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Asset Protection

Careful planning and knowledge of all your legal options helps safeguard your assets and provides peace of mind now and into the future.

Asset protection includes pre-nuptial financial agreements (marriage and de facto – including same-sex – relationship), quarantining pre-relationship assets, during relationship inheritances and gifts, and taking urgent steps to prevent the non-consensual depletion of the asset pool available for division.

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Separation and Divorce

Separation and divorce can be a distressing process for all concerned.

At Byron Bay Family Law & Mediation Specialists, we will assist you to make informed choices at each stage of this difficult time.

We have the specialist knowledge, capacity and experience to guide you through the issues and intricacies arising from relationship breakdown.

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Intervention Orders

www.interventionordersmelbourne.com.au

A Family Violence Intervention Order grants the affected family member experiencing family violence immediate short-term and long-term protection.

We explain what this means and what your options and rights.

Online Divorce Application

www.divorce-online.com.au

For a simple fast and cost effective divorce with minimal fuss we offer a fixed fee standard online divorce application. The fee includes an application for divorce, court filing fees and disbursements.

Unbundled Legal & Mediation

Unbundling breaks up the family lawyer’s role into a number of agreed limited legal services. This empowers the client to select only those legal services that they require and can limit the lawyer’s involvement to a single issue, court or mediation process including:

Advice only
Research only
Drafting letters or court documents
Reviewing client prepared letters and court documents
Negotiation coaching in preparation for mediation or settlement meeting
Negotiating on behalf of the client
Attendance at mediation or court appearance on behalf of the client
Drafting settlement agreements
Providing independent legal advice for financial agreements
This is supported by a written ‘unbundled limited scope engagement /
agreement’ (costs agreement) and fixed fees by agreement.

Transparent Fee Structure

Family law advice is expensive. To assist you, Byron Bay Family Law offers a free initial telephone consultation:

Fixed Fee Services

Intervention Order	1,950 + GST
Online Application for Divorce	895 + GST (+disbursements)
Family Dispute Resolution and Property Mediation
Intake Meeting (per hour)	385 + GST
Joint Session (up to 3 hours)	1,650 + GST
Unbundled Legal and Mediation Service (per hour)	385 + GST

Your initial conference with us is important. It warrants the attention of an accredited family law specialist who will apply their knowledge of the law to the special circumstances of your matter. For this reason we do not offer a ‘free half hour’ service.