Parenting disputes
Living arrangements, time with each parent, decision making, relocation and recovery orders. Everything measured against one test: the best interests of the child.
Parenting disputesFamily Law
Family Law solicitors in Sydney
When a relationship ends, the law arrives at exactly the moment you have the least capacity to deal with it. Our job is to carry that part, so you can carry the rest.
Do you need a family lawyer?
Family breakdown is unsettling, emotional, and financially serious all at once. When the most important relationships in your life come apart, it is genuinely hard to know who to ask. Approaching a solicitor can feel like an escalation you are not ready for.
It is not. A first conversation costs you nothing but an hour, and what you get from it is a map. We will tell you plainly what the law says about your situation, what you are entitled to expect, and what the realistic paths forward look like, with no hidden surprises at the end.
You stay in control of the process. We take the time to listen, then we offer the level of support the matter actually needs, rather than the level that generates the most fees.
Fixed-rate pricing is available for a number of our family law services. Conditions apply, and we will explain them before you engage us.
Focus areas
Where we do our closest work
Divorce & separation
Applying for divorce, proving separation, serving your former partner, and understanding why property and parenting are separate questions entirely.
Divorce & separationBinding financial agreements
Before, during or after a relationship. Drafted properly, advised on independently, and built to survive a challenge rather than collapse under one.
Binding financial agreementsScope
How we can help
Across the full range of family law matters in New South Wales.
- Divorce and separation, including applications, proceedings and settlements
- Parenting arrangements, applications and orders
- Child custody proceedings and disputed living arrangements
- Location and recovery order applications
- Property applications and settlements, including superannuation splitting
- Binding financial agreements, including pre-nuptial agreements
- De facto relationship disputes
- Spousal maintenance and child support
- Child care and protection matters in the Children's Court
- Family dispute resolution and mediation
- Apprehended domestic violence orders and family violence
- General advice on any family law question
Common questions
Family law, answered plainly
Do I have to go to court to sort out a family law matter?
Most matters never reach a final hearing. Parenting and property issues are commonly resolved by agreement, consent orders or mediation. Court is the path we take when the other side will not engage or a child is at risk, and it is the path we are fully prepared to take.
How much does a family lawyer cost in Sydney?
It depends on whether the matter settles by agreement or runs to a hearing. Lovemore Lawyers offers fixed-rate pricing on a number of family law services, and conditions apply. You will be told the likely cost of your matter at the first consultation, before you commit to anything.
How long do I have to sort out property after separation?
Married couples have twelve months from the date the divorce order takes effect to apply for a property settlement or spousal maintenance. De facto couples have two years from the date of separation. Outside those periods you need the court's permission, which is not always given.
Can I get divorced if my ex-partner does not agree?
Yes. Divorce in Australia is no fault. You need to show the marriage has broken down irretrievably and that you have been separated for at least twelve months. Your former partner cannot prevent it.
What is the difference between divorce and property settlement?
A divorce ends the marriage. It does nothing about your house, your superannuation, your debts or your children. Those are separate applications and separate decisions, and they are usually where the real work sits.
Speak to Lovemore
Talk to a family lawyer today
Call the Rockdale office and speak to Lovemore about your parenting, divorce or property matter.
- Phone
- 0450 500 301
- lovemore@lovemorelawyers.com
- Office
- 94a Railway Street, Rockdale NSW 2216