Genevieve Dee is an Accredited Family Law Specialist who has practiced exclusively in family and relationship law for 15 years. She is highly sought after for her expertise in complex property matters, including those involving taxation issues, trusts, manufacturing companies, rural issues, intergenerational wealth and family businesses, and complex corporate structures.
Experience
Genevieve has developed a reputation as a leading family lawyer in relation to complex parenting matters, including matters involving family violence and child support issues.
Genevieve's focus is providing clients with practical and strategic advice to assist in the early resolution of matters so as to avoid the personal and financial costs of litigation, whenever possible. She assists clients in all aspects of family law, including parenting and property matters, de facto relationships, financial agreements, spousal maintenance and child support, and international family law matters.
Genevieve has been recognised in all categories of the 2021-2025 editions of Doyle's Guide, including as a leading Family and Divorce Lawyer in Australia, a High-Value & Complex Property Matters lawyer and a Parenting & Children's Matters lawyer.
Her accomplishments are also recognised through various awards including WLAQ's 'Emergent Lawyer of the Year' Award and a finalist for WLAQ's 'Ford Woman Lawyer of the Year' Award. Genevieve is also recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia for her expertise in family law and family mediation, and was named a Lawyer of the Year for family law mediation in the publication's 2022 edition. She is also a finalist for the Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist of the Year in 2019.
Genevieve has been a contributing author to the Family Law Master Guide (CCH), including the first edition, and regularly presents at local, national and international conferences on family law topics, including family business, asset protection and estate planning topics.
Genevieve's areas of expertise include:
- high net worth property settlements;
- financial agreements;
- international cross border disputes involving property and children;
- property settlements and commercial advice;
- taxation implications of separations and settlements;
- all children’s issues including parenting issues and child support;
- complex parenting matters including matters in which Genevieve has been appointed as the Independent Children's Lawyer;
- spousal maintenance;
- injunctions and restraining orders;
- domestic and family violence; and
- divorce.