Author: Vanessa Mathews

Vanessa Mathews was asked whether she believed the Ashley Madison scandal would result in a ‘surge’ in divorces?
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Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists has initiated an e-newsletter, to be published monthly with an family law article of interest to professionals including accountants, financial advisers and mental health workers. Please email [email protected] if you would like to receive the newsletter.

Mental health professionals often work with clients also navigating the complex family law process. My seminars ‘Client Care Through the Family Law Process’ provide mental health professionals (members of the Mental Health Professionals Network, MHPN) with practical information about the issues which they and their client are likely to encounter, including separation, divorce, child custody, property settlement, financial agreements, etc. Professionals issues surrounding the preparation of Family Court reports, confidentiality and subpoena and are discussed. The seminars are eagerly received, with stimulating questions and discussion throughout. As a family law specialist and qualified social worker, I feel particularly pleased to be able to support mental health professionals throughout Melbourne with their work with this particularly vulnerable group of family law clients.

It was with pleasure that Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists learned that the much longed for child of a surrogacy arrangement in which Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists represented the surrogate couple had safely arrived.

Mathews Family Law congratulates the commissioning parents and the surrogate couple on a more than successful outcome!

Mathews Family Law provides legal advice to parties entering into a surrogacy arrangement under the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act (Vic) 2008 (ARTA).

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Vanessa Mathews of Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists continues to deliver seminars to mental health professionals in the Melbourne CBD and metropolitan area.

The seminar, ‘Client Care Through the Family Law Process’ provides psychologists, psychiatrists, GPs, school counsellors, occupational therapists, and the like with the opportunity to better understand the family law process, so that they may be better able to assist their clients as they move through this.

Topics of particular interest include:
Counselling and confidentiality
Counselling children and parental consent
What do I do if I am served with a subpoena to produce my file to the Family Court
Providing an expert report to the Family Court.

Please contact Vanessa on [email protected] if you would like her to speak to your group.

Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists congratulates Linda Dessau, former Family Court judge, on her appointment as the next Governor of Victoria, effective June 2015.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-11/judge-linda-dessau-named-as-victorias-next-governor/6085362

Vanessa Mathews and Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists have been recognised as a ‘LEADING VICTORIAN FAMILY LAWYER’ and a ‘LEADING VICTORIAN FAMILY LAW FIRM’ by Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession.

Click here to read Vanessa Matthews’s bio: https://mathewsfamilylaw.com.au/our-team/

Click here to watch a welcome video by Vanessa Mathews and learn how she assist you with your divorce and family law issues: https://mathewsfamilylaw.com.au/

Click here to read Doyle’s Guide: http://doylesguide.com/leading-family-divorce-lawyers-melbourne-2015/

Vanessa Mathews and the team of family law professionals invite you to browse the Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists website, to search for the answers to your questions: http://www.mflaw.com.au

Otherwise, feel free to telephone us with your questions – 1300 635 529.

We’ll happily take your call, and arrange a discussion with one of our specialist solicitors, family dispute attorneys, divorce and family law attorneys today.

The rate of Divorce in Australia is high, with approximately 2.2 divorces per 1,000 estimated resident population.

The decision to separate and/or divorce is very difficult.

I find it difficult to believe that the decision to separate and divorce can be triggered by the separation or divorce of a friend (unless there is a ‘tryst’ between the parties to the marriage).

I have yet to meet someone whose decision to separate was brought about by someone else’s decision.

I think that the decision to separate is much more profound than any ‘contagion’ and that the parties deserve greater respect than this oversimplification of this most difficult of decisions.

http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life/making-a-break-for-it-when-you-divorce-because-your-friends-have-20140711-zt29v.html

Mathews Family Law provides expert divorce law / family law advice in Melbourne and the metropolitan area and, through the use of technology, to clients all over the world. Arrange a consultation today with a specialist solicitor, divorce lawyer, or family law property to assist with your family law matter.

Vanessa Mathews
Accredited Family Lawyer

I recently had my first encounter with ‘Bitcoins’, a new and modern form of currency that, like savings, are included in the matrimonial asset pool.

‘Bitcoin’ is a form of digital currency.

‘Bitcoin’ can be used for the payment of goods and services.

In this particular case, the value of the ‘bitcoins’ had significantly increased and was considered by the parties to have been an excellent investment. Much of the ‘bitcoin’ market is speculative, and the value of ‘bitcoins’ is therefore very much subject to fluctuation.

The ‘bitcoin’ investment was valued according to the current market value and included in the assets of the marriage to be divided between the parties.

Whether it ‘is bitcoin’, an e-commerce business or an ‘app’ in the development phase, the team at Mathews Family Law & Mediation Specialists, Australia Divorce, is able to provide you with expert legal advice about your family law property settlement entitlements. Contact our team of divorce law lawyers to discuss your financial separation.

The team at MFL has been busy presenting seminars to CPA and IPA accountant discussion groups. We’ve appreciated the opportunity to speak with other professionals providing expert advice to clients moving through the divorce process in Australia. The discussions have been lively with lots of questions and hypotheticals canvassed. Thanks for having us!