All arti­cles relat­ing to ​‘Fam­i­ly Law’

2019 a year of oppor­tu­ni­ties and growth

Whilst increased com­pe­ti­tion, dis­rup­tion and con­sol­i­da­tion con­tin­ue to play out through­out the legal sec­tor, our posi­tion in the mar­ket place of serv­ing entre­pre­neurs, busi­ness­es, inno­va­tors, fam­i­lies offices, fam­i­lies and gov­ern­ment remains in grow­ing demand. High­lights includ­ed help­ing a glob­al client with their nation­al busi­ness mod­el roll-out, work­ing with a num­ber of prop­er­ty…

Pod­cast | How do courts bal­ance reli­gious beliefs against the best inter­ests of a child?

Fam­i­ly Law leg­is­la­tion dic­tates that a court’s para­mount con­sid­er­a­tion should be the best inter­ests of a child, and there are numer­ous fac­tors that a court will take into account in mak­ing such deter­mi­na­tions. But, in par­ent­ing dis­putes, what hap­pens if the par­ents can­not agree on the reli­gious upbring­ing of a child? Can a court deter­mine…

Mar­i­lyn Haupt­mann com­ments on the uptick in fam­i­ly law mat­ters at this time of the year

“Ear­ly Jan­u­ary, unfor­tu­nate­ly, is a hive of activ­i­ty in fam­i­ly law,” reveals attor­ney Mar­i­lyn Haupt­mann. ​“The phone starts ring­ing in the first week with a lot of new inquiries.” Read the com­plete arti­cle on-line. If a deci­sion has been tak­en to divorce, then here is a starter kit of doc­u­ments you need to gather: Spouse’s/partner’s tax returns…

Mar­i­lyn Haupt­mann fea­tured in AFR arti­cle on pro­tect­ing your wealth if you split up

Fam­i­ly Law spe­cial­ist Mar­i­lyn Haupt­mann has been cit­ed in a recent Aus­tralian Finan­cial Review arti­cle dis­cussing the small mea­sures that can be tak­en pre­emp­tive­ly to improve the chances of pro­tect­ing wealth if a rela­tion­ship splits up. Mar­i­lyn observed that:​“For younger cou­ples who don’t want to go down the pre-nup route, metic­u­lous record-keep­ing…

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