Kaela Louise

The divorce application process in Australia looks, at first glance, like something you could handle yourself. There is a government portal. There are instructions. Plenty of people have filed without a lawyer. So why would you pay someone to do it for you? It is a fair question, and the honest answer is not that the process is impossibly complicated. It is that the points where applications fail, get rejected, or create delays that push your outcome back by months are rarely the parts that...

The moment of separation is one of the most disorienting experiences a person can go through. The practical and legal questions pile up quickly. What happens to the house? What about the children? Do I need a lawyer? Can I even afford one? Where do I start? Many people freeze at this point. Not because they do not want to take action, but because the volume of decisions ahead feels impossible to navigate without knowing the rules. And so they wait, hoping things will become clearer on their...

Think destroying an asset means it disappears from your property settlement? Australian family law still has consequences - but the rules changed in 2025. Here is what separating couples need to know.