Family Law - Preliminary Legal Advice

The best
Family Law legal advice you will ever get, is to avoid the
Family Court system, because no matter who you are, you will not enjoy
the experience. It can cost you a lot of money, cause you a lot of
emotional grief, and there can be no guarantee you will get want you
want.
If at all possible, try and resolve it with your
partner.
Until the family law problems are resolved, you
will probably find it hard to get on with the rest of your life.
However, it is not always possible to reach an
agreement!
DO YOU NEED
TO SEE A
LAWYER OF SOLICITOR?
There are two main areas of dispute in family law
matters.
The first is the
children.
This
is all about who is to be the main carer for the children, and where
they live, and how much time the other person gets to spend time with
them.
Click
to go to preliminary advice on
Family Law children issues.
The second one
is the property, and it is about who gets what!
Click to go to preliminary advice
on
Family Law property issues
WHICH COURT?
The Family
Court or Federal Magistrates Court will be the Court you will normally
go to. You can go to your State Local Court on Family Law issues, but
it is not the normal Court you would use. More often than not, a Local
Court will transfer you to the Family or Federal Magistrates Court.
You
can either be married or in a de-facto relationship. The Family and
Federal Magistrates Court now has the power to deal with children and
property issues, in either case.
2 Good
Reasons to
Seek Legal Advice.
1. If
it looks like your relationship is about to fail, you should see a
lawyer or solicitor and get legal advice, sooner, rather than later.
That person can advise you as to what is likely to happen if you go to
court in regard to the children,and, or the property.
It is
when you are armed with this knowledge that you can talk to your
partner and hopefully reach an agreement which suits both of you.
You
may get this legal advice for free, but even if you have to pay for it,
if it helps you to settle children and property family law issues with
your partner, without having to start an action in the court system, it
could be the cheapest legal advice you will ever get.
You will be so
far ahead, and the money you will
have saved can be spent on the important things in your life.
2. The other
advantage in seeing a lawyer early is
that it provides you the opportunity to interview that person.
It
may be, that no matter what, the problems can't be solved, and you have
to go through the court system. Well, unless you decide to represent
yourself, you will need to choose a lawyer or solicitor to assist you
through the process.
You will tell
your lawyer or solicitor
lots of personal and private information, things you don't even tell
your best friends. It is important you trust that person.
Therefore
this first meeting helps you decide, whether this person, is the person
to look after your extremely important and personal family law matters,
and whether you will be able to work with them.
These are important
factors in helping you to decide on who should be your legal
representative in Family law and other legal issues.
Contact:

Phone 02-4332
1055 Fax 02-4333
5144
email:
legal@drakegroup.com.au
There
will be information on other issues to be provided in due course, about
child support, court procedures, and other specific issues in regard to
children, and property issues.

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