Eve is a Senior Associate who is based in our Melbourne office. She has practiced in family and relationship law since 2016.
Eve has vast and considerable experience in family and relationship law, and she has a keen interest in complex property matters, international property and parenting matters, de facto relationship threshold issues and financial agreements.
Eve is known for her calm approach and understands her clients are often navigating a highly emotional and disruptive period in their lives. Eve provides her clients with measured, considered and strategic advice. She partners and collaborates with experts such as her clients' accountants and other trusted advisors to achieve practical and sensible outcomes for her clients as they establish their new 'normal.'
Eve takes a creative approach to resolving disputes in a swift and commercial way. She is a keen negotiator and strong supporter of dispute resolution options. However, where Court is necessary, Eve is an experienced litigator who will vigorously advocate for and represent and support clients throughout the court process. She has experience with procedural hearings and mentions through to defended interim hearings and final hearings.
Eve meets clients where they are and walks with them through their family and relationship law journey as their legal advisor and representative, while they establish themselves in their new life stage.
Experience
Eve's areas of expertise include:
- property settlements including high net worth property settlements and international property interests
- financial agreements, including those entered into prior to cohabitation and/or marriage, post separation, and those addressing spousal maintenance and the transfer of intergenerational wealth
- taxation implications flowing from property settlements and separation
- spousal maintenance and adult child maintenance
- child support, including child support departure orders and child support agreements
- children's matters including complex parenting disputes and domestic violence issues
- interstate and international relocation applications
- international parenting matters including applications under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Internation Child Abduction
- asset protection
- third party interests in family law proceedings
- de facto relationship threshold disputes
- adult adoption
- surrogacy and IVF matters
- LGBTIQA+ matters
- divorce.
Career highlights
Eve's career highlights include:
- successfully obtaining a recovery order for three young children to be returned to her client's care after being retained by the other parent in an at-risk situation
- successfully defending an application for a property settlement on the basis that the alleged relationship did not meet the required threshold of a de facto relationship under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)
- completing an adult adoption for an adult child and their long-term foster mother to recognise their family relationship
- defending a third-party joinder application and protecting a client's property interests from a third-party claim
- disputes involving complex corporate structures, trust structures, loan agreements and business interests
- reuniting children with their other parent so that they could enjoy regular unsupervised time after a period of no contact.
FAQs
Should I participate in mediation?
Yes, provided that you are safe and secure, dispute resolution is an avenue to resolve matters either on a final basis or to narrow the issues in dispute and therefore lessen the time and emotional costs of your matters.
How long will my family and relationship law matters take?
While there is no set answer, the more organised that you are and the more you are equipped with considered and strategic advice, then the more likely you are to resolve your matters in swift and commercial way.
Will this get easier?
Yes, but it can take time. Tell your representative what your ultimate goals are so that they can advise you and consider your goals when working with you to achieve your new 'normal.' Your representative will understand the difficulties that you are experiencing and work with you to shape your goals to finalise your matter and arrive at a positive new beginning for you.
View more commonly-asked questions about the legal aspects of family and relationship law in Australia here.