Naval Base 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. That usually means a modest home in the area around it, and sometimes an interest in a business as well — and where there is one, it forms part of the asset pool and has to be valued rather than set aside.
The work usually covers:
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 is assessed on a formula, but the formula only works if the figures going into it are right. Shift work is common, and where a parent is paid irregularly or draws from their own business rather than a wage, the assessment often understates what they actually earn. That can be corrected.
We assist with:
We can also deal with the costs that sit outside the formula — school fees, medical expenses and extracurriculars — through a written agreement.
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. The asset pool is usually a house, two superannuation balances and, in some matters, an interest in something operating locally. All of it counts, including the parts held in one name only.
The exercise covers:
Where assets sit in a company, a trust or someone else’s name, we work out what is genuinely in the asset pool and what is not.
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.
Where one party stepped back from work during the relationship, maintenance is often the bridge between separation and getting back on their feet. Where income is drawn rather than paid as a wage, what appears on paper and what is actually available are different figures, and both get looked at.
Maintenance is often better resolved as part of the overall settlement than run separately, and we will advise you on which approach suits.
Contact us and we will explain the realistic options for a matter like this.
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. Early starts and shift rosters are the norm across the Rockingham and Kwinana district, so a parenting arrangement has to be written around the actual roster instead of a standard fortnight.
We help negotiate a parenting arrangement, then formalise it as a parenting plan or consent orders so everyone knows where they stand.
Call us and we will tell you where you stand before you commit to anything.
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.
If you lived together on a genuine domestic basis for two years, or you have a child together, the law generally treats it as a de facto relationship. Couples in this part of Perth often buy a property with the title in one name, or one partner pays into the other’s mortgage for years. Neither of those settles 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 Naval Base.
The divorce application itself is usually the simplest part of a separation. It is a court order ending the marriage, nothing more. The divorce itself is straightforward. The parts worth getting right are the property split and the parenting arrangements, and both should be underway before the twelve-month deadline.
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.
Give us a call and we will set out how this works in your situation.
People we act for in Naval Base generally work there and go home to a neighbouring suburb, often on a roster rather than a nine-to-five.
Irregular hours mean a parenting arrangement built around a standard fortnight tends to fail within a couple of months, so it needs writing around the actual roster.
The Rockingham and Kwinana district is home ground for us, Orelia, Parmelia, Peron included.
The distance changes very little in practice. We take instructions by phone or video, send and receive documents electronically, and arrange signing to suit you rather than the office. Give us a call and we will explain how your matter would run from where you are.
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If you are moving house after a family dispute case has been finalised talk to a settlement agent today to discuss your options.
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 south of the city, a fair way from 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.
Not automatically. Neither party has to leave because the relationship ended, and moving out does not forfeit your interest in the property. Who stays is usually a practical question about the mortgage and the children. If safety is a concern, raise it straight away — that changes the picture.
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.