Eden Hill parents: Are you separating from your partner or thinking about separating from your partner, and do you have children, property or business interests than getting the legal advice a family lawyer is highly recommended. The cost of not doing so can be emotionally and financially devastating. You need compassionate, experienced and affordable legal representation. Our Perth Family Law experts are extremely knowledgeable and will guide you through every step to receive the best possible outcome.
Let us do the heavy lifting as dealing with family law issues is emotionally challenging. We provide the support and guidance you’ll need so you can be enjoying a new future with confidence and clarity.
When going through a divorce or separation you’ll want expert advice and representation to ensure a fair division of property assets.
The point of a property settlement is a clean break with numbers behind it, not a rough split agreed in a bad week. Where the mortgage has largely been paid off, one party buying the other out is usually realistic. The question is whether they can carry a refinanced loan on their own income.
Typically that involves:
Our job is to get you a settlement you can live with, documented properly, without spending the difference on legal fees getting there.
Contact us and we will explain the realistic options for a matter like this.
If you are divorced, separated and have children under the age of 18, speak to our Perth child support lawyers who know the WA Family Law.
Child support can be assessed, agreed privately, or locked in through a binding agreement, and the right option depends on how predictable the incomes are. In an area like Eden Hill, schools and childcare are close by and both households usually stay local, so shared care is workable. Where it is shared, the number of nights the children spend with each parent feeds straight into the assessment, and it needs to be recorded accurately.
We assist with:
We help establish an assessment, change one that no longer fits, put a binding agreement in place, or recover payments that have stopped.
Give us a call and we will set out how this works in your situation.
Asset division for separated couples can be contentious and having a clear and thorough process will make the process easier for both parties. We can help!
Until the assets are formally divided, both of you remain exposed to the other’s debts and decisions. In the north-east and Swan Valley district that usually means a house, two superannuation balances and a vehicle or two — straightforward, provided the super is actually split rather than ignored.
We can assist with:
We handle the superannuation splitting, the property transfers and the paperwork that makes the division stick.
Give us a call and we will set out how this works in your situation.
If you are considering separating from your spouse, or have already done so, you may be entitled to, or liable for spousal maintenance.
Spousal maintenance is not automatic and it is not permanent. It comes down to whether one party can meet their reasonable needs and whether the other can afford to help. In the north-east and Swan Valley district it comes up most often in longer marriages where one party worked part-time or stayed home while the other built a career.
If you are already paying, we will tell you whether the amount is defensible and what it would take to change it.
If this is where you are at, call us and we will talk it through.
Orders can be put in place or existing orders can be updated to make sure that parental responsibility of a child or children is protected.
Parental responsibility is about the long-term decisions — schooling, medical care, where the children live and who they spend time with. With both households likely to stay within the north-east and Swan Valley district and near the same schools, an equal or near-equal share of time is usually workable, and it is worth putting in writing while both of you agree on it.
We help negotiate a parenting arrangement, then formalise it as a parenting plan or consent orders so everyone knows where they stand.
Contact us and we will explain the realistic options for a matter like this.
If you have been in a De-facto relationship and you are now separated then talk to our team today about sorting out your parenting plans and financial asset division.
A de facto separation raises the same questions as a divorce — property, maintenance and children — without the divorce itself. Around the north-east and Swan Valley district the common pattern is a couple who bought a property together and put the title in one name only. Whose name is on the title does not settle who is entitled to what.
The process is the same as for a married couple: identify the asset pool, negotiate, then formalise through consent orders.
Contact us and we will explain the realistic options for a matter like this.
Contact our experienced divorce lawyers for Eden Hill.
Divorce and property settlement are two different things, and people are often surprised that one does not deal with the other. Across the north-east and Swan Valley district that means the settlement and the parenting arrangements are the real work, and the divorce is the paperwork at the end.
Sole or joint application, we handle the filing and tell you what the court will want to see.
Contact us and we will explain the realistic options for a matter like this.
Households in Eden Hill are typically settled and local, and after a separation both parties usually want to stay in the area.
After that long together, contributions on both sides are substantial and hard to separate out, which is exactly why there is no automatic even split. What each party brought and what each gave up both count.
We act right across the north-east and Swan Valley district, Ellenbrook, Guildford, Hazelmere included, so this is familiar ground for us.
Come in if it suits, or do it by phone and video if that is easier.
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No — there is no automatic equal split in Western Australia, and that’s the most common misconception we correct. A settlement is worked out in steps: identify and value the whole pool, assess what each party contributed financially and non-financially, then adjust for future needs such as care of children, health, age and earning capacity. That process sometimes lands near half, and often doesn’t. A long marriage where one party raised children and the other built a career rarely produces an even division, and neither does a short relationship where one party brought in most of the assets.
Yes. ABMS Lawyers acts across the Perth metropolitan area from our office in South Perth – it is north-east of our South Perth office. Consultations can be in person, by video or by phone, documents are exchanged electronically, and signing can be arranged to suit you. Call us and we will work out the best way to handle it.
Superannuation is treated as property and forms part of the pool, which surprises a lot of people. It can be split between the parties by consent orders or by court order, and for many separating couples it’s the second-largest asset after the family home — sometimes the largest. It’s also the asset most often overlooked in an informal agreement, and the hardest to fix afterwards. Splitting it requires orders drafted so the fund can actually act on them, so it’s worth getting the wording right the first time.
It is treated as property and forms part of the asset pool, which surprises a lot of people. It can be split by consent orders or court order, and for many couples it is the second-largest asset after the house. It is also the one most often missed in an informal agreement.
Not automatically. Neither party has to leave simply because the relationship has ended, and moving out doesn’t forfeit your interest in the property — that’s another common worry with no basis. Who stays is usually a practical question about who can meet the mortgage, where the children are settled and whether both parties can reasonably remain under one roof in the meantime. Where they can’t, interim arrangements can be agreed or ordered covering who lives where and who meets the outgoings until a settlement is reached. If safety is a concern, that changes the picture and should be raised straight away.