Our team’s speciality family law areas
Can I add back money my ex-partner has spent into our property pool?
15 February 2022, By Niki Schomberg of Hartley Family Law When reviewing transactions in your ex-partner’s bank statements, it can be a tough pill to swallow seeing them spend significant funds on luxury holidays, fine dining and designer clothes, particularly …
Everything you need to know about filing for a Divorce in Australia
Written by Emily Woodhouse , 23 February 2023 There is only one ground for divorce in Australia; that your marriage has broken down irretrievably. Unlike many jurisdictions overseas, it is not necessary to prove adultery, insanity, desertion or any other ground. …
Can I Keep the Family Home after Divorce/Separation?
Written by Brett Hartley, 4 April 2023 This is a question we are most asked on a day-to-day basis from our clients and which we try to help them understand at an early stage the possibility and risks associated with keeping …
Valuations in Family Law during an Economic Downturn
Written by Brett Hartley, 6 April 2023 In a typical family law matter, we need to obtain valuations. The main valuations we need to obtain are those of real estate property and in some cases, shares and business valuations. Single expert …
Family Law Mediation and How We Maximise Our Clients’ Prospects of Settling
Written by Brett Hartley, 6 September 2022 A family law mediation in Queensland is certainly not a typical collaborative type mediation (in most cases where parties sit in a room together and collaborate on best outcomes for each other). Rather, especially …
The Uniqueness of Tax in Family Law Property Settlements – Some things you may not have known
Written by Brett Hartley, 6 September 2022 Tax is a complex subject and I do not profess to be an expert to tax or any form of revenue law. However, in everyday family law property settlements, the incident of tax often …
What to expect at your family law mediation
Mediation is a commonly used alternative dispute resolution process to resolve parenting and financial proceedings out of court and avoid the time, cost and stress associated with proceedings. As we often represent clients at mediations, we have set out below some …
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