by Pamela Cominos | Sep 3, 2016 | Child Support
In Australia, we have a child support calculation system that caps the amount a liable parent (“the payer”) will pay in child support when a separation or divorce happens. The formula is found in part 5 of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 (the Assessment Act)....
by Pamela Cominos | Aug 24, 2016 | Family Violence, General Legal Matters, Health and Wellbeing
It is a statistically known fact that women are largely the victims of domestic violence and often they and their children are the most vulnerable when it comes to their housing. As a specialist Family Law firm we unfortunately deal with family violence on a regular...
by Pamela Cominos | Aug 18, 2016 | Divorce
Contacting a Specialist Family Lawyer, for the first time is often a difficult step to take because it usually means that a significant intimate relationship has ended. You may be upset, depressed, frustrated and angry and feel a range of emotions. We make your first...
by Pamela Cominos | Aug 13, 2016 | General Legal Matters
When we hear the words divorce, separation, breakdown of a marriage or intimate relationship, we often conjure up images of blame, heated arguments and, anger aggression and conflict or someone taking advantage of someone else. There is no doubt and I would never want...
by Pamela Cominos | Aug 10, 2016 | Divorce, Parenting / Custody
Children’s birthdays and how to handle them once parents are divorced is a common problem that our firm as specialist Family Lawyers often confronts. Children’s birthday parties after divorce and also the early stages of divorce are extremely emotional....
by Pamela Cominos | Jul 31, 2016 | Child Support, Divorce, General Legal Matters, Property and Money, Spousal Maintenance
Wife set to receive $16,500,000 from her late father, asks for spousal maintenance from her wealthy builder ex-husband, High Court of Australia says NO. On 8 June 2016 the High Court of Australia handed down its judgment in the case of Hall v Hall [2016] HCA 23. In...
