We often receive questions from clients about property division, and we want to provide some answers and insights to help you navigate this process.  what ha As family law firms gold coast, we understand that property division can be a complicated and emotional issue in divorce and separation cases.  Here are some frequently asked questions about property division in family law cases, along with our answers and insights: What is property division in family law? Property division refers to the process of dividing assets and liabilities between separating or divorcing parties. This can ..read more

Often we see people following separation who have no idea of their financial position. Sometimes their former partner might have handled the finances for the family, sometimes there were aspects of financial abuse at play, sometimes the client left the property without their documents. There can be a number of reasons, but on this week’s episode of The Divorce Collective Podcast, our Senior Associate Dannielle Young will give you some ideas about how you can prepare yourself for your property settlement matters. Some things she will discuss are what types of documents might you want to keep a ..read more

https://collectivefamilylaw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/The-Divorce-Collective-What-to-expect-at-a-trial-80.mp3 Have you ever wondered what actually happens at a final hearing of a matter? On today’s podcast, our Senior Associate Dannielle Young will provide you with some tips and a general overview of the process of a final hearing in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.  If a matter is ready to proceed to a final hearing, the Court will allocate a final hearing date and set aside the amount of time to hear the evidence of both parties. This can range from a day or c ..read more

https://collectivefamilylaw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Divorce-Collective-Birdnesting-the-new-hype-but-does-it-work.mp3   What is birdnesting and can it be implemented in parenting arrangements post-separation? On today’s podcast, our Senior Associate Dannielle Young will explain the parenting arrangement of ‘birdnesting’ and discuss some advantages and disadvantages of this arrangement.  Birdnesting is the term given to the arrangement where children remain in the family home post-separation and the parents take turns moving out of the home on a rotating basis. Generally spea ..read more

In the last part of the contravention series I am going to talk about what are some of the penalties or sanctions that a Court can impose if a contravention application is successful. It will be important before filing a contravention application that you consider what result do you actually want. If you don’t want the other party punished (for example fined or imprisoned) for the contravention but simply with to enforce the Orders and get a resumption of the arrangements that were in the previous Order, then you should seek legal advice about whether an Application for Enforcement is a m ..read more

What is a reasonable excuse? I am going to talk about it from the lens of parenting Orders. That is the threshold that parties will need to satisfy to defend a contravention application being brought against them for alleged non compliance with a Federal Circuit and Family Court Order. When an Order is made in parenting matters, the Court expects you to uphold your obligation as a parent to facilitate and encourage the relationship between the child and the other parent. If there are Orders made for a child to spend time with a parent, then the Court expects that you will not only ensure the c ..read more

https://collectivefamilylaw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Divorce-Collective-EPISODE-28-Contravention-Series-Part-3-Penalties-for-contravening-a-court-order.mp3 Today on the Divorce Collective podcast our Senior Associate Dannielle Young will take you through the 3rd podcast in our contravention series which considers the penalties for contravening a Court Order. Before you file a contravention podcast you need to think about the result you actually want. If a contravention has been found by the Court then there is an array of consequences that can be imposed on the parent that contravene ..read more

https://collectivefamilylaw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Divorce-Collective-Contravention-Part-2.mp3 Welcome back for Part 2 of our contravention podcast. On today’s podcast our Senior Associate Dannielle Young will continue to take you through what a contravention is, in particular, Dannielle will discuss reasonable excuses for a contravention of a Court Order.  When an Order is made in a parenting matter the Court expects you to uphold your obligation as a parent to facilitate and encourage the relationship between the child and the other parent.  A parent is taken to have co ..read more

I covered What to Expect at a Trial in the latest episode of The Divorce Collective Podcast.   For those of you who prefer to read, here you go! While I hope you never have to experience a trial for your family law matter, the sad reality is that some matters need Judicial determination. So what are some things you need to know? First the most important is to ensure that you have re-read all the material filed in your matter. It is imperative that you are familiar with your case and the evidence that you have given (which appears in your Affidavit material filed in the proceedings). When ..read more

https://collectivefamilylaw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Divorce-Collective-EPISODE-26-Contravention_-What-is-it-and-how-do-you-apply.mp3What is a contravention and how do you apply? On today’s podcast, our Senior Associate Dannielle Young will discuss what contraventions are and how you can apply.  When a person is not complying with an Order of the Court they are breaching the Order –  this is also known to be a contravention.  The Court expects that all parties comply with the Orders of the Court. If an Order of the Court is breached then the Court takes these matters v ..read more