Family Relationships

Harris Freidman has had a family law practice in Sydney’s CBD for more than 20 years. It offers a caring and practical approach to help clients deal with difficulties faced during a relationship breakdown. Its family lawyers are committed to empowering clients to understand their changing situations and to regain control of their lives.

Our family law team provides expeditious resolution to all family law matters and has the advantage of convenient liaison with expert commercial, estate planning, property and bankruptcy in-house lawyers. Where possible, we attempt to resolve disputes without a court hearing. Through membership of Law Australasia we also have access to family law specialists outside New South Wales who we collaborate with regularly. Our extensive experience and access to abundant resources helps clients achieve the best possible outcomes.

Harris Freidman is a full-service law firm able to offer clients a broad range of legal services to meet their diverse and evolving needs.

The family law team experience includes:

  • mediation, alternative dispute resolution and other negotiation options
  • binding financial agreements including prenuptial / prenup and postnuptial agreements
  • entering into a marriage or de facto relationship including same-sex relationships
  • separation, divorce and annulment
  • property settlements and division of wealth and assets including houses and land, investments, business interests, insurance policies, superannuation and pets
  • finding assets (asset tracing) and unravelling complex financial arrangements involving trusts, companies, superannuation and partnerships
  • issues affecting high-net-worth clients and their family assets
  • family law issues arising in other jurisdictions and other Australian states and engaging known experts in these locations
  • parenting arrangements for children including custody, access and contact, residence and relocation, abduction and the impact of the international Hague Convention
  • s601 Certificates under the Family Law Act
  • child support agreements and the Child Support Agency (CSA) payments scheme
  • representation and advocacy for clients in various jurisdictions including the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of NSWand engaging leading family law barristers where needed
  • spousal maintenance, or alimony as it is known in some overseas jurisdictions
  • interventions if required, including domestic violence, apprehended violence orders (AVOs/APVOs) and domestic violence orders (ADVOs)