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Aurex Law
Practice area

Separation and family

Separation changes who inherits from you, who can make decisions for you, and who your superannuation is paid to. Most of that happens quietly, and none of it happens the day you move out.

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Fee
Quoted on scope
Timing
Depends on the agreement
First call
Free, fifteen minutes
What it covers

The work that sits under this heading.

  • Property settlements reached by agreement
  • Consent orders filed with the Federal Circuit and Family Court
  • Binding financial agreements, before, during or after a relationship
  • Rewriting a will and attorney appointments after separation
  • Superannuation nominations that still name a former partner
  • What happens to an estate where a divorce was never finalised
How it runs

From the first call to the signature.

  1. 01

    A conversation about scope

    We establish what is agreed, what is not, and whether you need a lawyer at all. Some separations need a document; some need a phone call and nothing else.

  2. 02

    A written fee, before any work

    Scope in writing, fee in writing. We do not bill by the hour, so a long phone call on a bad day costs you nothing extra.

  3. 03

    Documents drafted and filed

    Consent orders or a binding financial agreement, prepared properly the first time. Each party must have their own independent advice, and we will tell you when that means you cannot use us.

  4. 04

    The estate side, which is the bit that gets missed

    Separation does not revoke your will and does not change your superannuation nomination. We update both while everything else is being sorted out.

What you receive

Everything in the fee.

  • Scope and fee agreed in writing before we start
  • Consent orders or a binding financial agreement, drafted and filed
  • A new will and fresh attorney appointments
  • Superannuation nomination reviewed and reissued
  • A plain-English summary of what has changed and what has not
Common questions

  • No. Divorce revokes gifts to a former spouse in Victoria, but separation alone does nothing. If you separate and die before the divorce, your will stands exactly as written. This is the single most common thing we fix.

  • For a binding financial agreement, yes — each party must have independent legal advice for it to hold. For consent orders you do not strictly need one, though we would not recommend filing without advice.

  • It genuinely depends on how much is agreed. We quote on scope after the first conversation, in writing, and the number does not move unless the scope does.

  • No, and nor can anyone else. We will tell you that at the first call rather than three meetings in.

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