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Winners – Family Law Firm of the Year 2020
Balance Family Law celebrate their win as Family Law Firm of the Year in the Corporate LiveWire Global Awards 2020. These awards focus on leading professionals and companies who have stood out for being results
Winners – Rising Stars in Family Law 2020 Award
Balance Family Law were recently announced as the winners of the Rising Stars in Family Law 2020 – Australia Award in the 6th Annual Legal Awards hosted by APAC Insider. APAC Insider recognises that a
Six Minutes with… Cristina Huesch (Alliance Family Law)
What is Collaborative Law? How does it differ from Litigation? Who does it benefit? Is it the right approach for you? Pepe addresses all these questions (and more) with Cristina Huesch from Alliance Family Law.
Be different – together. The power of collaboration.
Why do we want to be different? To be a game changer? Innovator? Thought leader? Or to be perceived as one? Going out on your own and leading from the front- what do we hope
Six Minutes with… Leigh McBean (Plenti)
Divorce is already a difficult process without having to worry about how you will cover your legal bills. Spend six minutes with Pepe and Leigh as they discuss the financial difficulties of divorce. Spend another
The Club Retreat 2019
It has been just over two weeks since the BFL team returned from Clarissa Rayward’s Happy Lawyer Happy Life Club Retreat in Kingscliff, and we are still on a high after spending time with our
From this Day Forward>> -Family Court Consent Orders
If you have reached an agreement about parenting and/or financial arrangements and want to formalise the agreement to make it legal, you can apply to the Family Court of Australia for an Application for consent
It’s broken so let’s fix it – The Australian Family Law System
“The Australian family law system is bloody awesome”Said no one ever. In fact, in 2017 former Chief Justice Diana Bryant said “I feel that the (Family Courts) system is letting the people down” and former Attorney-General, George
What is a parenting plan?
If you can reach an agreement about arrangements for your children, it can take the form of a ‘Parenting Plan’. A Parenting Plan can set out your agreement about: how often the children will spend
Case Studies
At Balance Family Law, one of the first steps that we encourage our client’s to take is to define what their long-term/“big picture” goals are. Why? Because the issues that arise in the Family Law
Parental Responsibility – what does it mean?
One of the first things to be considered when deciding on future care for the children is ‘parental responsibility’. Parental responsibility is not how much time you spend with the children, but rather how major
Superannuation and your property settlement
Superannuation is treated as a special type of property in family law matters and because while it is an interest that you currently have, it is not available to you until you retire. After separating,
The Four Steps – How does a court determine a fair property settlement?
When a relationship ends, uncertainty can set in. You may wonder how you and your partner will divide your property and whether there is a “right way”. You may ask “What next? What am I
Why Financial Disclosure is so important..
Honesty and transparency are so important when finalising your divorce and family law settlement. The Family Law requires everyone to be honest and transparent as to their financial position and have imposed a duty of
How to avoid paying Stamp Duty and CGT in your Family Law Matter
There are a number of tax concessions and exemptions when it comes to transferring property from the name of one party to the other, or from joint names to one party’s sole name if the
What Happens When You Don’t Work Together in a Family Law Dispute…
People often assume that because you are in conflict or have a dispute with another person, that the way to deal with and resolve that conflict is to be combative. But as we always say,
Tips on managing emotions during separation and divorce
Separation and divorce can be an incredibly challenging time. Your capacity for dealing with overwhelming and at times, confronting circumstances is tested. You may feel shocked and then angry, confused and then bitter. You may
