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Fixed Fees

Yes, you can get in, out and on with your life, at a fixed price

Our clients concerns are our concerns.

Is one of your primary concerns when engaging a lawyer a fear of spiralling costs due to the uncertainty and unpredictability of legal fees?

Would the offer of fixed fees, tailored to your individual case needs, provide you with certainty, predictability and total transparency in relation to your legal fees?

How do Fixed Fees work?

We offer fixed fees for all our legal services to put your mind at rest.

This means that we charge for the task that you task us to do, not the time that it takes us to do it.

After meeting with you to discuss your legal issues, we estimate the work that is required at each stage of your matter and provide you with a fixed fee quote for the first step (stage one)  and each future step that may arise (e.g. stages 2, 3 and 4) that is:

  1. Tailored to your individual case needs;
  2. Specific to the scope/stage of work that is required in your matter;
  3. updated if required to accommodate your changing legal needs.

Our fixed fees are offered to you in stages (scopes), e.g. preparation of court documents, preparation and appearance at first court date, preparation and attendance at mediation, as separate fixed fee agreements. With each stage of work you instruct us to complete, you are made aware of the fixed fee for the next stage/s, if required. Upon completion of each stage of work, you decide whether to progress to the next stage, pursuant to a further fixed fee agreement, keeping you in control of your costs.

If the scope of the work or your legal needs change, a varied fixed fee agreement is discussed and agreed upon with you.

Fixed Fees are better.

By choosing fixed fees, you choose:

√       CERTAINTY AND TRANSPARENCY OF YOUR LEGAL FEES

You will always know how much you are going to be charged at each stage of your matter so that you can make realistic arrangements to budget for and pay your legal fees. You know your costs cannot be driven up by a third party or circumstances outside of your control. You have complete control over your costs.

√        BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR LAWYER 

Given you are not charged each time you contact your lawyer it promotes better communication between lawyer and client ensuring your have a greater understanding of the legal issues and an ability to make informed decisions to draw your matter to a conclusion quickly and cost effectively.

√        VALUE FOR MONEY 

Fixed fees puts the focus back on the value that we are providing to you in achieving your goals rather than the number of hours that is spent on the task.

√          A MORE EFFICIENT LAWYER

Fixed fees create an incentive for your lawyer to progress your matter and to deliver an outcome to you as quickly as possible, as that is how we get paid.

Deferred Fees (Pay at the end)

One payment option that may be available to you is to defer payment of your legal fees until your matter is concluded, so that you pay your fees out of any settlement you receive. How good is that!

Contact us today to arrange a reduced rate initial consultation with our experienced Principal Courtney Barton and we will provide you with a fixed fee quote that is tailored to your individual case and needs. 

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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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