LAWRENCE SINCLAIR LAWYERS
REDCLIFFE PENINSULA
Family Law and Estate Law Firm on the Redcliffe Peninsula
Tina Lawrence is the Principal Lawyer and she returned to the Redcliffe Peninsula in 2017 after working in law firms in Toowoomba and Far North Queensland. Tina practices primarily in family law matters including parenting, property settlements, child support disputes and divorce but also in succession law including estate administration, obtaining grants of probate and estate litigation.
Family law matters often involve issues of inheritance, property transfer and business interests and we consider that our experience and ability in other areas of law assists us in our family law practice. You can rely on us as your Redcliffe family lawyers.
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EXPERIENCED
Tina Lawrence has worked in family and estate law for over sixteen years as a clerk and lawyer.
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What happens in a family law courtroom?
OUR PRACTICE AREAS
Tina practices primarily in family law but also has a significant practice in succession law including estate administration and contesting estates. We consider that these two areas feed in to each other and enable us to provide a more complete advice. It is not unusual for a family law client to want to know about wills and estates or for a succession law client to want to know more about family law.
FAMILY LAW
Family Law is a wide area of law ranging from parenting matters to property settlement and divorce matters. Within the above areas there are again multiple issues that are covered by family law. For example, parenting matters can be relatively straightforward negotiations around the time spent with each parent to applications for recovery and relocation orders and urgent applications in the event of high risk situations. You can rely on us as your Redcliffe Family Lawyers.
CONTESTING WILLS
Like family law, succession law is a wide area of law that covers many different types of disputes. It includes the preparation of wills, adminsitrations of estates including applications for probate and letters of administration (when there is no will) to contesting wills on the basis of a law of adequate provision to a spouse, child or dependant as well a lack of capacity at the time of executing a will.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Domestic violence is becoming a specialised area of legal practice given the ever changing legislation and the number of applications being made and defended in the Magistrates Courts. The definition of domestic violence is very wide and it can be difficult for people outside of the legal profession to know if they are involved in a situation that would be defined as domestic violence.
Tina Lawrence
BA LLB (hons) LLM (Applied Law)Tina received her first degree in Arts at the University of Queensland. She then spent the better part of ten years working and travelling overseas living primarily in Japan and Hong Kong. She returned to Queensland to study law in 2004 and commenced working as a law clerk with the specialist family law firm ReesLaw in Toowoomba in 2008. After being admitted as a practitioner, Tina moved to Cairns to work for five years in family and succession law before returning to south east Queensland in 2014 to commence her own solo practice. Tina has recently received her Masters Degree in Applied Law in Wills and Estates (Succession Law) and practices primarily in family law and succession law.
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How much will all of this cost?
In very general terms the costs can be as follows in family law matters:
1. Preparation of Application for Consent Orders for Property and Parenting $1650 – $4,400. If the parties have agreed to their settlement and have set out the values of all assets, liabilities and financial resources the costs can be kept low;
2. Initiating Court Proceedings $2,200 to $3,300 depending on complexity;
3. Attending Mentions and Interim Hearings $2,200 (straightforward matters) to $5,500 (more complex matters)
4. One Day Final Hearings $22,000 to $35,000 depending on choice of barrister. For hearings that extend to multiple days the costs will be higher.
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Ten Questions to Ask Your Lawyer About Costs
Why do I need to put money in your trust account?
Sometimes if there will not be much work required on a matter we will accept a lower deposit or will issue interim invoices and then stop work until that bill is paid before continuing, Unfortunately it is not always possible to do that as our obligation once we commence acting for you is to continue regardless so for this reason we often will need to stop entirely if clients cannot cover our ongoing work.
Get in Touch
We would love to answer any questions or schedule a meeting. Please feel free to give us a call or send us an email using the details below.
Scarborough Business Centre Unit 4/ Level 1 91 Landsborough Avenue Scarborough QLD 4020
PO Box 32 Kippa-Ring QLD 4021
Ph: (07) 3285 6888
Email:tina@lawrencesinclairlawyers.com.au