Oner Family Law

Oner Family law is a boutique family law firm, owned and run by Katrina Oner (formerly Katrina Polichronis), an Accredited Family Law Specialist.

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Extinguishing spousal maintenance on a final basis (where applicable) by way of a Financial Agreement is often overlooked during the property settlement process. Spousal maintenance cannot be extinguished by way of a Consent Order. Ensure you have tied up every loose end.

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The OFL team is back, well rested, and ready to help with all your family law needs. We provide high quality, specialised family law advice. Contact us for a free initial consult.

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At Oner Family Law we always ensure our clients are in full compliance of the Pre-Action Procedures and applicable Rules. Costs consequences may flow for your client for non-compliance. Contact us for more information.

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The cost of preparing for an interim hearing for a parenting matter has become so time consuming, stressful, and expensive due to the significant mandatory preparation required, that parties should be using their absolute best endeavours to resolve their matter at mediation .

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When seeking Orders to spend time with your baby, how often and for how long is reasonable? The child's best interests are always the paramount consideration, and many factors including whether the child is being breastfed/can be bottle-fed need to be taken into account.

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Whether or not a redundancy payout received by a party during a relationship has any bearing on the property settlement entitlements of the parties, depends on a number of factors. Contact us for more information.

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Spousal maintenance is often overlooked when finalising property settlement. You may be entitled to payment of spousal maintenance on a final basis for a specific period of time, or you may be the party who wishes to extinguish spousal maintenance on a final basis. Contact us.

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While the article below is alarming, this type of situation should not arise if you receive specialist family law advice when negotiating your property settlement. Contact us for more information.
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What happens by way of property settlement where one party has made all the financial contributions, and the other party has made no/minimal financial contributions, and where the parties have had no children? Contact us for more information.

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Very significant amendments to the Family Law Act with regard to parenting matters are just around the corner, due to commence on 6 May 2024. The amendments are significant. The Oner Family Law team are prepared, and ready to assist you.

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A huge day here at Oner Family Law, with very well deserved promotions for both Emma Williams and Mikaela Jordan. Emma has been promoted to Special Counsel, and Mikaela to Senior Associate. Congratulations Emma and Mikaela!!

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Mediation is an excellent opportunity to resolve your outstanding financial and parenting issues, IF, you are willing to make compromises and be prepared to walk away "content" is the word I use, rather than "happy" (although sometimes it is both). Contact us for more information

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Did you receive a substantial cash gift from a third party, or inheritance either prior to, or after your separation? How this impacts on your property settlement depends very much on your own specific circumstances. Contact us for more information.

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Think very carefully before entering into final parenting Consent Orders for your children. Once final Orders for children have been made by the Court, they are usually very difficult to change in the future unless you can show a significant change of circumstances has occurred.

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Child support arrangements cannot be legally documented in Application for Consent Order documents. If you want a legally binding and enforceable child support arrangement in place, you may need to enter into a Binding Child Support Agreement. Contact us for more information.

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At Oner Family Law, how we charge, detailed cost estimates for every stage of your matter, including whether a fixed fee is an option, is outlined very clearly at your initial consult with us, allowing you to make an informed decision prior to retaining us. Contact us.

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Received some type of compensation payout during your relationship, or are waiting to receive the compensation payment after separation? This can have a significant impact on your property settlement entitlements. Contact us for more information.

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Whether an Order for sole parental responsibility is appropriate for your child matter is very fact specific, and depends on the particular circumstances of your matter. It is possible to obtain such an Order in some high conflict matters and where family violence is a factor.

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4BC property settlement Court conundrum involving gifting funds to adult children with Spencer Howson. Listen to see if you agree with the outcome.

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Tune into 4BC with Spencer Howson and I tomorrow at 11.00am for another guess the real family law case answer. A property settlement matter with a twist.