Wembley Downs 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.
A property settlement ends the financial relationship. Until it is done properly, your former partner still has a claim on what you own. High land value against a small asset base means the numbers look generous on paper and are awkward to actually divide, so superannuation often has to do the balancing.
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.
Give us a call and we will set out how this works in your situation.
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 Wembley Downs, both parents usually stay close to the same schools and the same commute, so the arrangement tends to be practical — the income disclosure is where the argument sits.
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.
Contact us and we will explain the realistic options for a matter like this.
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. Around the northern suburbs there is often an investment property or a share portfolio alongside the home, and each has its own tax consequence on transfer.
The exercise covers:
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. Around the northern suburbs the gap between two professional incomes can be wide enough that maintenance is genuinely in play, at least for a period.
We assess whether maintenance is payable at all, at what level, and for how long, then negotiate or apply for 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.
Most parenting arrangements are settled by agreement and then formalised, which is far cheaper and far less damaging than a contested hearing. Around the northern suburbs the distances are short, which gives real flexibility — the arrangement should say what happens when work travel or shift changes get in the way.
We draft arrangements with enough detail to be enforceable and enough flexibility to survive a change of job or school.
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.
A de facto separation raises the same questions as a divorce — property, maintenance and children — without the divorce itself. In the northern suburbs de facto separations often involve an apartment or villa bought by one party before the relationship, and contributions since then still count.
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.
We take these matters on regularly. Call us and we will be straight with you about it.
Contact our experienced divorce lawyers for Wembley Downs.
The divorce application itself is usually the simplest part of a separation. It is a court order ending the marriage, nothing more. For clients around the northern suburbs the practical point is the deadline: once the divorce is final, you have twelve months to start property proceedings.
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.
Wembley Downs households are usually dual-income and mobile, which changes what a separation looks like compared with a long single-income marriage.
Two incomes and few dependants sounds simple, but de facto separations carry a two-year time limit from the date of separation, and it is missed more often than people expect.
We act right across the northern suburbs, Westminster, Woodlands, Woodvale included, so this is familiar ground for us.
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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.
