We are a team of highly experienced and dedicated family law solicitors and a leading provider of family law services in the eastern suburbs. Our team of family lawyers includes two Accredited Specialists (Law Institute of Victoria Specialisation Scheme).
Our family lawyers have significant expertise in all aspects of family law, including complex property settlements, children’s matters and related issues involving married and de facto couples.
Our team recognises that family disputes can be a particularly difficult time for clients and that each client will require a different approach and advice to resolve their individual problem. We offer practical family law advice and representation which is personalised for each client.
If you’re looking for family or relationship law advice from experienced and qualified family lawyers based in the eastern suburbs, please feel free to contact our team today.
Aughtersons Lawyers is an established Ringwood law firm providing practical, personalised family law advice and representation. From our office at 267 Maroondah Highway, Ringwood, our family law team assists clients with parenting disputes, property and financial settlements, divorce, financial agreements, child support and related family-law issues. Our team includes two Accredited Family Law Specialists under the Law Institute of Victoria Specialisation Scheme. To discuss your circumstances, contact Aughtersons Lawyers on (03) 9845 8200; weekday appointments and after-hours appointments on request are available.
Parenting arrangements and children’s matters — Advice and representation for parenting disputes, including arrangements involving children and grandparent rights.
Property, finances and support — Assistance with property and financial settlements, child support and maintenance, spousal maintenance, and complex financial disputes involving companies, trusts or businesses.
Divorce and separation — Practical advice after separation, including the issues that may need to be resolved before or alongside a divorce.
Financial agreements — Advice on financial agreements before, during or after a relationship, including pre-nuptial and post-separation agreements.
Urgent protective issues — Assistance with domestic violence and intervention orders, restraining orders and injunctions.
Mediation and negotiated outcomes — Support for resolving family-law issues through mediation and formalising an agreement where appropriate.
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Family-law problems can involve children, homes, superannuation, businesses, trusts and difficult communication between former partners. Aughtersons Lawyers has been respected and trusted since 1964, and our Ringwood family law team includes two Accredited Family Law Specialists under the Law Institute of Victoria Specialisation Scheme: Santina Della-Rossa, Director, and Philippa Darlow, Senior Lawyer. We provide personalised advice because the right path depends on the people involved, the issues to be resolved and the practical outcome sought. Our experience includes complex property and financial disputes as well as parenting and relationship-law matters.
If you are separated, considering separation, negotiating arrangements for children, or trying to resolve property and financial issues, an early conversation can help you identify the issues that need attention. When you contact Aughtersons Lawyers, tell us whether your main concern is parenting, property, financial support, divorce, an agreement, or an urgent intervention-order issue. You can also let us know if there are businesses, trusts, companies or other complex financial matters involved. Our team can then arrange an appointment to discuss your individual circumstances and the available next steps.
Call (03) 9845 8200 or contact Aughtersons Lawyers to arrange an appointment. Weekday appointments and after-hours appointments on request are available.
A: Firstly, you do not have to be living apart to be separated. Parties may be legally separated and living ‘under the one roof’ as long as evidence of the end of a domestic relationship has occurred.
We encourage our clients to discuss an appropriate property settlement and/or children’s issues with their partner or spouse prior to issuing Court proceedings. If you have recently separated from your partner, you both may wish to contact a mediation service to arrange mediation. If you cannot settle without assistance, we encourage you to contact one of our family lawyers for further advice.
A: In all family law property settlements, we encourage formal finalisation of any agreement reached between you and your partner/spouse. If you and your partner can reach a fair and equitable arrangement, you may wish to contact one of our family lawyers to discuss Consent Orders. A Consent Order is an Order made by the Court which will legally bind both parties to an agreement, if the Court regards the agreement as just and equitable.
Alternatively, if the agreement cannot be granted by way of Consent Orders, you may wish to contact one of our family lawyers to discuss a Financial Agreement. A Financial Agreement is a binding agreement made between parties’ without the approval of the Court.
A: A pre-nuptial agreement is essentially a Financial Agreement made before or during your relationship and can apply to both marriage and de facto parties. It is an agreement which will set out how your property will be divided if your relationship breaks down. You can choose to protect assets such as a family business, a trust, investment or superannuation.
All Financial Agreements must comply with strict legal requirements and each party to a Financial Agreement must obtain a certificate from a lawyer stating that they have received proper advice. If both parties do not obtain a certificate from an independent lawyer, then the agreement will not be upheld and you may need to undertake court proceedings to find a resolution.
Telephone: (03) 9845 8200
Opening Hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00AM – 5:00PM (After hours appointments available on request)
Address: 267 Maroondah Highway, Ringwood, VIC, 3134
Postal: PO Box 211, Ringwood, VIC, 3134
