Our family lawyers have many decades of experience in managing sensitive and emotionally-charged issues involving children and property. Pre-nups, separation or divorce all can be a challenging time for people and our advice to clients aims to reflect this with an emphasis on practical and effective solutions.
As family lawyers in Christchurch, our balanced approach endeavours to take the stress out of the process and find a solution that is in the best interests of our client.
We service Christchurch and the Canterbury region and our clients see us for advice on the legal implications of establishing a relationship or family, child custody and relationship property disputes and separation and divorce mediation as well as the creation of wills, and other matters that are not the subject of a dispute.
External links to Further Information
New Zealand Law Society publications:
Our family lawyer service includes:
- Drafting and advising on contracting out agreements (“pre-nups”)
- Relationship property issues
- Separation Agreements
- Domestic violence and protection orders (restraining orders)
- Divorce
- Enduring powers of attorney
- Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988
- Child care and contact / custody
- Adoption
- Wills
- Estate administration
- Family Protection Act and Testamentary Promises Act claims
EXAMPLES OF OUR RECENT WORK
- Successfully arguing for unequal division of relationship property Mauger v Mauger [2015] NZFC 570.
- Obtaining freezing orders over bank accounts on behalf of a client in a relationship property dispute.