Reaching an agreement with your former partner can be stressful. The way that your property is shared will depend on the individual circumstances. Property includes all assets and debts owned by both people, whether it is in both names, or just one person’s name.

Obtaining legal advice and preparing parenting arrangements early on in your separation or before separation can decrease conflict, costs and provide your children with stability during separation and beyond in accordance with Australian family law.

Litigation in family law is considered the last resort for those needing to divide property and make arrangements for parenting. However, families are complex and separation often increases the conflict between parties already strained relationships. So, if you wish to pursue proceedings, please contact us.

A recovery order is an order of the Court that can require a child to be returned to a parent, a person with a parenting order or someone with parental responsibility for the child. If your child is taken from their home country without permission or authorisation, then the Hague Convention may apply.

Entering a surrogacy arrangement to bring your child into the world, r becoming a surrogate must be carefully considered. Surrogacy on a fee paid basis is illegal in Australia, however surrogacy agreements can be entered into on an altruistic basis whereby the surrogate mother can be reimbursed for expenses related to the pregnancy.

At Salerno Law, we encourage and assist you to resolve your matter with the other party by agreement. Mediation is a fast and cost-effective alternative to litigation. Mediation is the process where the parties to a dispute meet with a neutral third party (the mediator) to assist them to make agreements and resolving the issues in one meeting.