Applying for Divorce can be so hard emotionally, that it ends up being put off completely instead of getting closure and finally severing ties. If a separation is final and all reasonable prospects of reconciliation of the marriage have failed, staying married may become a stumbling block to actually “moving on” with a new life …

For family law purposes in Australia, superannuation is treated as “Property” and can be divided between the parties after the breakdown of a marriage or the breakdown of a de facto relationship.  Rather than cashing out the super money, however, the superannuation is “split” and assigned to the partner who is entitled to a top-up. Superannuation …

Ways To Formalise Your Agreement in Family Law If you and your former partner can reach an agreement in principle about how to divide your property and financial resources, you can save an enormous amount of time, money and the stress of being in the Court system.  After agreed, making it legally binding, means you …

Parenting Plans and Consent Orders are the two options for documentation of agreed care arrangements for children.

Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) can help you work through your parenting and financial agreements, resolve disputes, and find solutions that provide the best outcome for all parties involved. 

Steadily increasing Melbourne house prices have meant that, for many people, buying property in the current market is little more than a pipe dream.

Steadily increasing Melbourne house prices have meant that, for many people, buying property in the current market is little more than a pipe dream.

I’m sure you or someone you know has continually put off writing a will. It’s not something we want to think about, and it can be an emotional experience.

I’m sure you or someone you know has continually put off writing a will. It’s not something we want to think about, and it can be an emotional experience.

Meet our team – recently we caught up with Alex Petrakos, Associate and practising migration agent and immigration lawyer for Michael Benjamin & Associates to learn more about his career, highlights, achievements and role at Michael Benjamin & Associates.