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Book a Clean Slate Reduced Rate Consultation

Brisbane Family & Divorce Lawyers

When you need a clean slate, talk to one of our family lawyers

 

Have you separated or are you thinking of separating? Our Clean Slate Reduced Rate Consultation is the first step to giving you a fresh start and taking control of your future.

How we can help you

Our Brisbane Family & Divorce Lawyers can help you with all issues relating to your separation, including:

  • Child custody Lawyers 
  • Financial Separation
  • Divorce Property Settlement Lawyers 
  • Fixed Fee Divorce Lawyers 
  • Fixed Fee Consent Orders
  • Parenting Plans 
  • Domestic Violence Lawyer / DVO Lawyer
  • Application for protection order
  • Superannuation Splitting & Advice Lawyers
  • Spousal maintenance
  • Child Support Lawyers
  • Mediation Representation 
  • Non-parent rights;
  • Court representation;
  • Mediator Services
Contact us today to arrange a reduced rate initial consultation with our experienced Family & Divorce Lawyers to have a confidential discussion about your individual circumstances. 

Why Choose us

We understand that hiring a family lawyer is a massive step.

Our Brisbane Divorce & Family Lawyers are committed to providing you with clarity, compassion and kindness in the provision of our legal services to you.

Our Brisbane Divorce & Family Lawyers:

  • Only do family law all day every day. That makes us really good at what we do;
  • Are dedicated to helping you work through your family law issues so you can have a fresh start;
  • Have your best interests at heart;
  • Have the knowledge and experience to solve your family law problems, no matter how complex;
  • Will help you to reduce the conflict with your former partner;
  • Will fight for you and your children;
  • Provide exceptional quality service to you, tailored to your individual case needs;
  • Will educate you about your options, the steps you need to take and we will develop a strategy to help you to achieve a fair outcome and the best practical outcome for you and your family;
  • Will provide you with practical, realistic, commercial and strategic advice to empower you to make smart decisions following separation that will save you time, money and stress;
  • Will deliver an outcome to you quickly and cost effectively, with fixed fees for certainty;
  • Will do everything within our legal power to get you the best outcome for you and your family;
  • Are with you, supporting you, every step of the way from negotiations, to mediation, to litigation and settlement.

Don’t like the path you are currently heading down at the moment in your life? The best way to change your future is to create it.

By choosing one of our Brisbane Family & Divorce Lawyers, you choose certainty that you are on the right path to a better future and a clean slate.

Take control of your future today.

How to prepare for your reduced rate clean slate consultation

Click the link to our Separation Checklist to ensure you have done everything you need to do to protect yourself both before and after separation.

If you have contacted us because you want to separate assets with your former partner, click the link to access our Client checklist of Financial documents. We recommend that you start collating these documents and as much information as possible about the assets in your name, joint names and your former partner’s name, prior to your reduced rate consultation. Being prepared for your first consultation with as much information as possible will enable you to make the most of it and we can give you more detailed information and advice about your rights and entitlements.

What you can expect in your Reduced Rate Consultation

During your reduced rate consultation, one of our experienced family law experts will:

√     LISTEN TO YOUR CONCERNS

√     CLARIFY AND UNDERSTAND YOUR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS

√      PROVIDE YOU WITH DETAILED ADVICE ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS

√     PREPARE A FIXED FEE QUOTE TAILORED TO YOUR MATTER

√     DISCUSS THE PROCESS AND THE NEXT STEPS

√      FORMULATE A STRATEGY TO GET YOU TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AS QUICKLY AND COST EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE

Are you wanting to separate your assets and finances?

In your reduced rate consultation, we will discuss with you the possible outcomes that are just and equitable to you (aka the ‘range of your entitlements’) based on the facts of your case. This is what we like to call the bullseye on the dart board or the goal post.

We will examine the property pool

We will assess your current assets, liabilities & superannuation, whether in joint names or in the sole name of you or your former partner. Assets include, for example, the family home, any businesses, cars, shares and all assets whether of monetary or sentimental value. This includes assets you have purchased post separation as all assets, no matter when acquired are taken into account.

We will ask you about what your ‘magic wand’ outcome, for example, whether your goal is to keep the family home or have enough money to buy a new home. We will ask you whether your priority is retaining more cash or super.

It is helpful for you to have estimates of the values of the assets, liabilities and superannuation so that we can refine our preliminary advice to you. If you are unsure about what the assets, liabilities and superannuation are, we will ask you to do some further investigations post the appointment or alternatively, when you engage our services, we will seek this information directly from your former partner.

We will provide you with a Client checklist of financial documents at the end of your appointment called ‘disclosure documents’ which you can then start collating (if you have not done so already) so when you are ready to engage us, we can hit the ground running.

We will discuss your contributions to the property pool

Once we know the property pool, we will then ask you some questions about the contributions of both you and your former partner to that pool.  Contributions may be financial (e.g. paying the mortgage) or non-financial (looking after the children or renovating the family home). Contributions can be direct (paying the mortgage) or indirect (money spent on household goods, groceries or utilities). Contributions as homemaker and parent are considered just as important as contributions of the breadwinner in any financial separation. We will ask about what assets you each had at the beginning of your relationship. We will ask you about any lump sums, gifts or inheritances received during the relationship. We will ask when these windfalls were received. We will ask you who has been paying the lions share of the bills post separation. We will talk about spousal maintenance where relevant to your case. These questions will help us to determine what a Court would say your contributions based entitlement is e.g. 40%, 50%, or 60%.

Contributions are the most important factor in determining the division of your assets in any financial separation. The longer the relationship, the less important contributions are from the beginning of the relationship because they will have ‘eroded’ in importance over time. Any windfalls will be considered in the context of when they were received. The more recent a windfall is e.g. if it was received close to or after separation, the more relevant it will be.

As you can see, the length of the relationship is pretty important.

We will talk about your future needs

Future needs impact what is considered equitable in a financial separation. There may what we call an ‘adjustment’ in favour of one party if their future needs are greater than the other party. We will ask you how old you are, we will ask about what your respective income capacities are, we will ask you about your health, and what the current care arrangements are for the children. We will ask about anticipated inheritances, new partners, and any other factor affecting your future financial needs.

We will advise you what outcome is just and equitable

Once we’ve discussed these matters, in your reduced rate consultation, we will advise you in relation to:

  1. An equitable financial split, including the % division and who keeps what;
  2. Different options to negotiate this split;
  3. The process and next steps;
  4. A unique strategy specific to your case to get you from where you are to your desired outcome;
  5. Your options for documenting an agreement when one is reached;
  6. A fixed fee quote tailored to your case.

Are you wanting to sort parenting & child custody issues?

If you are concerned about parenting and child custody related issues, we will listen to your concerns and clarify and understand the reasons you have come to us. We will ask you about the care of your children during the relationship and following separation. We will ask you what you want, what your ‘magic wand’ outcome is and what you can live with as a compromise. After hearing about what’s important to you and what the best practical outcome for you and your family is, we will provide you with advice about whether that is possible, the steps that will be required to achieve that outcome and we will develop a strategic plan to help to get you from where you are to where you want to be.

We will talk about the process, your options & next steps

We will provide advice on how to negotiate an agreement with the other parent in relation to the care of your children.

We will discuss the options with you, including negotiation by letter or through a process called mediation.

We will talk about court as an option of last resort and the costs if you want to engage us to prepare your court documents and to represent you in court.

We will provide you with our recommendation as to which option is right for you in the circumstances of your case.

We will discuss the options for you to document your parenting agreement when one is reached. We will talk about the difference between the consent order and a parenting plan and the pros and cons of each.

If you are in court already

We will discuss your case, review your court documents, talk about your upcoming court date and provide you with advice about the likely outcome and the cost if you engage us to prepare response documents and to represent you at court.

How much is our clean slate consultation?

Our clean slate reduced rate consultation is only $250 for all new clients.

Contact us today to make a booking with with one of our experienced Brisbane Family & Divorce Lawyers.

 

 

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Areas of Practice

  • Child Custody Lawyers
  • Divorce Property Settlement Lawyers
  • Fixed Fee Divorce Lawyers
  • Domestic Violence Lawyer – DVO Domestic Violence Order
  • Superannuation Splitting & Advice Lawyers
  • Fixed Fee Consent Orders Brisbane
  • Mediation Representation
  • Child Relocation Family Lawyers
  • Child Abduction Family Lawyers
  • Child Support Lawyers
  • Family Law Spousal Maintenance
  • Child Adoption Lawyer & Advice
  • Family Court Process
  • Family Mediation Services Brisbane
  • Binding Financial Agreements

Common Questions & Concerns

  • How to spend more time with your children
  • What is substantial and significant time 
  • Parental Alienation in Family Court Disputes – Pt 1
  • Parental Alienation in Family Court Disputes – Pt 2 
  • Top 10 things people do wrong in child custody matters
  • What age can a child decide where they live?
  • Admissibility of recordings in family law cases 
  • Am I a parent?
  • I’m Not a parent. Can I apply for a parenting order? 
  • I want sole custody
  • Can I go to court without doing mediation first?
  • Can parenting orders be changed? 
  • Relocation of Children
  • Interim relocation of children cases
  • Unilateral relocation of children
  • International travel with children after separation
  • My ex is breaching a parenting order. What do I do? 
  • When is supervised time ordered?
  • Is a child’s changed views enough to change a parenting order? 
  • Interim parenting orders – why can’t the judge make the orders I want? 
  • When can you change your child’s surname?
  • What is substantial & significant time?
  • Domestic violence order applications – boosting prospects of success
  • What to do and what not to do when you separate
  • Why you should formalise your property settlement;
  • Is Domestic violence relevant in a property settlement?
  • 6 secrets revealed to protect your assets 
  • 10 tips to protect your assets
  • 6 things you must know before hiring a family lawyer
  • Your Duty of Disclosure 
  • Spousal Maintenance – supporting your ex partner after separation 
  • Initial contribution of assets in a long relationship 
  • What is the just and equitable requirement?
  • Chancellor & Mccoy – no order after 27 yr relationship
  • Am I in a de facto relationship?
  • My ex is selling assets. What can I do?
  • Property acquired after separation – how is it treated? 
  • When are future inheritances they taken into account?
  • Failure to disclose an asset can derail consent orders 
  • Consequences of Defaulting on property orders 
  • Varying property orders 
  • Who stays in the home after separation?
  • Can the court order someone to leave the house – ouster orders 
  • Money lent from parents – gift or loan?
  • The impact of centrelink fraud on a property settlement 
  • CGT rollover relief for transfers of property pursuant to family court orders 
  • Costs orders 
  • Divorce – what you need to know
  • Going back to work after divorce 
  • Step-Parent awarded interim custody over parent 

If you are a law student, graduate or early career lawyer, reach out to Courtney who is also a law Coach. Courtney’s law coaching services are invaluable to young lawyers. Courtney’s one on one law coaching services will help you to achieve massive success in your legal career.  Check out Courtney’s website for the Thriving Young Lawyer to learn more about Courtney’s law coaching services.

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Contact Us

Head office

  • Address: 4/996 Anzac Avenue, Petrie QLD 4501
  • Parking: Underground parking available at the back of the building via O’Loan Street
  • Phone: 3465 9332
  • Email: george.finn@bartonfamilylaw.com.au
  • Website: Petrie Family Lawyers

Northside – Chermside Office

  • Address: 822 Gympie Road, Chermside QLD 4032
  • Phone: 3465 9332
  • Email: george.finn@bartonfamilylaw.com.au
  • Website: Chermside Family Lawyers

Aspley Office

  • Address: Aspley Hypermarket, 59 Albany Creek Road, Aspley QLD 4034
  • Phone: 3465 9332
  • Email: tenayah.miano@bartonfamilylaw.com.au
  • Website: Aspley Family Lawyers

Toowong Office

  • Address: Toowong Tower Level 5, Toowong Tower, 9 Sherwood Road, Toowong, QLD 4066
  • Phone: 3465 9332
  • Email: tenayah.miano@bartonfamilylaw.com.au
  • Website: Toowong Family Lawyers

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