Brookfields' family and relationship law group
specialises in all areas of the law relating to separation, children, relationship
property, child and spousal maintenance and claims against estates. All
members of the group have extensive experience in all aspects of family
and relationship law, providing a confidential, sensitive and professional
approach to what is often an emotional area.
Our team was voted New Zealand's Best Family Law Team at the 2008 New Zealand Law Awards
Children
- Day to day care arrangements
- Representation of children
- Adoption
- Guardianship
- Action under the Children & Young Persons and their
Families Act
- Child abduction (domestic and international - Hague Convention)
Relationship
Property
- Relationship property agreements (matrimonial and de facto agreements)
- Pre-marital
(or pre-nuptial) agreements
- Co-habitation contracts
- Family trusts
- Matrimonial litigation
- Injunctions to prevent removal of assets overseas
Maintenance
- Child Support Act
- Spousal maintenance
Estate Claims
- Family protection cases
- Testamentary promises claims
- Disputes over wills
Domestic Violence
- Applications to the family court
- Setting aside orders
Relationship Law Newsletter
We produce a regular newsletter with updates on recent case law, legislative activity and advice on protection and management of assets in family situations. For more information, click here.
*The photograph of some of our family law team on this page is courtesy of the Eastern Courier Newspaper
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