Marangaroo 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.
Property settlement is the part most people ask about first, and it is usually the part that decides how fast everything else falls into place. 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.
We can help you work through:
We will tell you early what a realistic range looks like, so you are negotiating against a number rather than against a feeling.
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.
The assessment is one thing. Whether it gets paid, and what to do when it does not, is another. In an area like Marangaroo, 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.
We take these matters on regularly. Call us and we will be straight with you about it.
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!
Financial separation is the step that stops your finances staying tangled with your former partner’s indefinitely. In the northern suburbs 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 locate and value everything, deal with the debts as well as the assets, and then formalise the division so neither of you is exposed to the other afterwards.
If this is where you are at, call us and we will talk it through.
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 northern suburbs it comes up most often in longer marriages where one party worked part-time or stayed home while the other built a career.
Maintenance is often better resolved as part of the overall settlement than run separately, and we will advise you on which approach suits.
Give us a call and we will set out how this works in your situation.
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 northern suburbs 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.
Give us a call and we will set out how this works in your situation.
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.
The critical difference for de facto couples is timing: there is a two-year limit from separation to apply, and it is missed more often than you would think. Around the northern suburbs 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 two-year limitation period from separation is the thing to watch. We will tell you where you sit on it at the first appointment.
Call us and we will tell you where you stand before you commit to anything.
Contact our experienced divorce lawyers for Marangaroo.
Divorce and property settlement are two different things, and people are often surprised that one does not deal with the other. Across the northern suburbs that means the settlement and the parenting arrangements are the real work, and the divorce is the paperwork at the end.
We prepare and file the application, deal with service where it is needed, and make sure the property and parenting side is not left behind.
If this is where you are at, call us and we will talk it through.
The households we act for in Marangaroo are usually settled ones — long marriages, grown or nearly grown children, and a shared financial life that takes some untangling.
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 northern suburbs, Mariginiup, Mirrabooka, Morley 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 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.
No, and you should not wait. Property and parenting can be dealt with as soon as you separate. Once a divorce is final, there is a twelve-month limit to start property proceedings, which is a deadline people do miss.
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.