Sorrento 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.
There is no automatic fifty-fifty in Western Australia. A settlement is worked out in steps: identify and value the asset pool, weigh up what each of you contributed, then adjust for future needs. Where there is a second property, a caravan or a boat in the mix, it needs valuing properly rather than being waved through as a lifestyle item.
We can help you work through:
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. Self-employment and rostered work are common around Sorrento, and irregular income is the single most common reason an assessment does not reflect reality.
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!
Asset division is where the detail lives — superannuation, offset accounts, vehicles, business interests and anything held through a company or trust. Around the northern coastal corridor there is often a boat, a caravan or a second property, and those are assets in law regardless of how they are thought of at home.
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.
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 cuts both ways. You might not be getting enough, or you might be paying more than you should be. Where income around the northern coastal corridor is seasonal or self-employed, a maintenance figure set off one good year rarely holds.
Maintenance is often better resolved as part of the overall settlement than run separately, and we will advise you on which approach suits.
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. Around the northern coastal corridor catchments are spread out and one parent often moves closer to work, so the orders need to say what happens if someone relocates.
We draft arrangements with enough detail to be enforceable and enough flexibility to survive a change of job or school.
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.
De facto couples have broadly the same property and maintenance rights as married couples, and the same obligations. Around the northern coastal corridor a shared property, or one bought by a partner before the relationship started, is usually the sticking point regardless of whose name it sits in.
We advise on whether the relationship meets the definition, what you are entitled to, and how to deal with property and children.
Talk to us early. It usually means fewer costs and more options.
Contact our experienced divorce lawyers for Sorrento.
You need twelve months of separation before you can apply, and you can be separated while still living under one roof if it comes to that. A joint application saves time and avoids service, and the whole thing can be done online without either of you attending.
Sole or joint application, we handle the filing and tell you what the court will want to see.
Talk to us early. It usually means fewer costs and more options.
Households around Sorrento are a wide mix of ages and stages, so there is no standard Sorrento separation.
Where income is irregular, a support figure set off one strong year rarely holds, so establishing a realistic average matters more here than almost anything else.
We work throughout the northern coastal corridor — Trigg, Two Rocks, Watermans Bay among them — so none of this is new territory.
Being that far out does not limit what we can do for you. Consultations, document review, instructions and signing arrangements are all handled by phone, video and secure electronic exchange, so a matter can be run from start to finish without the drive. Call us and we will talk through what suits you.
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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 along the northern coast, a fair way from the city. 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.
Where both parties disclose properly and the assets are straightforward, a few months is realistic. Where a valuation is disputed or disclosure is incomplete, it takes longer. The delay is almost always disclosure, not the court.
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.