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Legal Aspirations is dedicated to providing cost-effective solutions to separated couples within a family law context.
As part of our mission, Legal Aspirations has developed family law templates for property settlement.
Our family law templates provide a cost-effective solution to separated couples that cannot afford the expense of private lawyers.
Our family law templates can be purchased from the Cart on our website. Alternatively, for a more personalised family law template, we have developed a system that allows users to generate a Minute of Consent Orders after completing our Questionnaire.
There are several family law templates available through Legal Aspirations. Deciding which of the family law templates is best suited for your needs can be difficult. We have therefore provided a Guide on choosing the right family law templates in this article.
Choosing the Right Family Law Templates – What to Consider
Everyone has a different story and a different financial situation. There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to family law templates.
As a general guide, these are some of the questions that you should answer when considering whether family law templates are right for you.
Question 1 – Do I already have an agreement?
If you and your ex have reached an agreement about who gets what following the breakdown of your relationship, then our family law templates may be right for you.
Our templates may be useful for people who are yet to reach an agreement about the division of assets after a break up if you want to see how orders are structured and the way that they are written.
Our family law templates are intended for separated couples who have reached an agreement about how to divide their assets.
Question 2 – How are my assets structured?
Whether or not you require a basic, advanced or personalised Minute of Consent Orders can vary depending on your individual needs.
Separated couples that have one home, one mortgage, two cars and superannuation may find that basic templates will suit their individual needs. The basic Minute of Consent Orders can be purchased from our Cart.
Separated couples that have a business, family trust, companies and more complex financial structures may find that our advanced templates are more suited to their needs. The advanced Minute of Consent Orders can also be purchased from our Cart.
Separated couples that prefer a more personalised and asset specific Minute of Consent Orders can complete our Questionnaire to obtain templates that are a better fit than the generic templates.
Question 3 – Is my situation complicated?
The use of family law templates is not a one-size-fits all. This is why Legal Aspirations offers a variety of family law templates.
Generic family law templates of any kind will not be suitable for separated couples with one or more of the following:
- complex asset structures.
- time-staggered agreements.
- no agreement at all.
- transfers following a specific event or occurrence.
- conditional payment arrangements.
Family Law Templates – the Differences
At Legal Aspirations, we offer a variety of family law templates. Our templates are specific to separated couples that want to deal with the financial settlement and/or property settlement aspect of separation.
There are many types of family law templates and it is important to understand the differences. Some difference in the templates are explained below:
Minute of Consent Orders – These types of templates are for separated couples that have reached an agreement. A Minute of Consent Orders can be about financial matters and it can also be about parenting orders.
Binding Financial Agreements – These types of templates are for couples that are still in a relationship together as well as couples that have already separated. A binding financial agreement is sometimes referred to as a pre-nuptial agreement. In Australia, the same term “Binding Financial Agreement” is used for pre-nuptial agreements as well as agreements reached after a break up. A binding financial agreement requires the input of lawyers and is not a document that we recommend anyone do-it-themselves.
Parenting Plans – These types of templates are only for child-related matters and can be converted into a Minute of Consent Orders if parties want the parenting plan to be a binding and enforceable court order. A parenting plan deals with care arrangements for children after the breakdown of a relationship.
Risks and Benefits of using Family Law Templates
Generic online family law templates can pose risks in the inability to deal with your specific needs and situation.
The family law templates provided by Legal Aspirations are a guide to help separated couples understand how to divide their assets and frame the wording of the division from a legal point of view.
Minute of Consent Orders need to be drafted from a legal point of view because even if they reflect an agreement that separated couples have reach privately, the orders are issued from the Court and therefore need to be framed from the Court’s point of view. You may need the assistance of legal advice to help you with the drafting of court orders. Alternatively, you can view what they look like by purchasing family law templates from the Cart.
Using our Questionnaire, personalised Minute of Consent Orders can be generated to assist with more specific needs. The family law templates offered by Legal Aspirations includes superannuation splitting orders as well as orders for the division of non-superannuation assets.
Why use Legal Aspirations for your Family Law Templates
Legal Aspirations is the best choice for your family law templates and consent order templates for several reasons. Some of those reasons include:
- Users have successfully used our family law templates to obtain court orders across multiple jurisdictions across Australia;
- Our family law templates were created by Australian Family Lawyers specialising in Family Law.
- Legal Aspirations is 100% Australian owned and operated. All staff at Legal Aspirations are Australian-based and located in Australia.