About Brendan Hanks

Practice manager at Kate Austin Family Lawyers

Entries by Brendan Hanks

In what financial matters can and cannot a Consent Order be used?

What can Property Orders include in Consent Orders? Consent Orders cover all types of financial matters, ranging from transferring property from joint names to one person’s name to arranging for a superannuation split.  A consent order can include closing bank accounts or transferring balances from one party to another. A consent order may require one […]

Is a Consent Order required to be signed by a solicitor?

  A solicitor does not need to sign off on consent orders.   Before signing off on proposed Consent Orders, neither party is required to obtain independent legal advice.  When parties are in agreement with one another, they do not seek independent legal advice and therefore do not require a solicitor to sign off on […]

Purpose of Consent Orders

  Consent Orders Quite often ask a client what’s the Purpose of Consent Orders ? The Purpose of Consent Orders is to formalises an agreement that has been reached between two parties to a former relationship. Regardless if they were married or in a de facto relationship property settlement including spousal maintenance where appropriate. It […]

Are Consent Orders legally binding?

  Quite often clients ask are Consent Orders legally binding? When your Consent Order is made, it has the same effect as a court Order made by a judge after a contested court hearing.  This means that if one party doesn’t comply with a court Order, you can make an application to the court to […]

What are Consent Orders?

  Quite often clients ask what are Consent Orders ?   Consent Orders are a great way for separating parties to formalise an agreement they’ve reached for the division of their assets.  They can also be used for the future care of children without having to go to the  Family Court.   In relation to […]

What is a ‘fair’ Consent Order?

    Quite often clients ask What is a fair Consent Order   In property settlement proceedings the court can only make Consent Orders once it is satisfied that the Orders proposed to made are “just and equitable” or what is a fair Consent Order?What is just an equitable will vary, and can vary quite […]

What Financial Matters can Consent Orders deal with?

  Clients quite often ask what Financial Matters can Consent Orders deal with ?. Your Consent Orders can deal with all types of financial matters from transferring a property from one joint names to one person’s name through to making arrangements for a superannuation split.  Consent Orders can be made to include which close bank […]

How to apply for Consent Orders?

  Clients quite often ask How to apply for Consent orders? The court requires you to file two documents in Order to have Consent Orders made. Firstly, you have to file a document entitled “Application for Consent Orders”.  For a property settlement, this document sets out all of your assets and all of your liabilities […]

Is a Consent Order binding and enforceable?

    Quite often clients ask us is a Consent Order binding? In simple terms, yes, Consent Orders are legally binding and enforceable in the same way as if the matter had gone through the court system as a litigated matter and the court had made Consent Orders at the end of a contested final […]