There may be times when you require urgent legal advice to take immediate action in respect of your children, property and/or spousal maintenance. If any of the following issues are affecting you, it is imperative that you contact the expert family lawyers at msl for advice about your situation and whether you need to file urgent Court proceedings:

• If you have become aware that real property or any other asset held or controlled by the other party is about to be sold or disposed of, you need to obtain urgent legal advice about the options available to you to prevent the sale or to protect the sale proceeds from dissipation by the other party.
• If you are struggling to meet the financial needs of yourself and your child, you may be able to seek an urgent order from the Court urgent to have your former partner pay spousal maintenance.
• If you have experienced or are experiencing assault, intimidation or harassment, you may wish to apply for a Protection Order to protect you and/or your child/ren from further violence by your former partner. 
• If your child or a child in your family is at risk of harm, violence or neglect - you can obtain legal advice on the options available to protect the child from harm.
• If your child has or is about to be removed by the other parent to another location, you can obtain urgent legal assistance to prevent the other parent relocating the child interstate or overseas.
• If your child has been removed by the other parent and you do not know the child’s location, you can obtain urgent legal assistance to locate the child and have the child returned to you.
• If the other parent is about to go overseas with the child and you are fearful that they will not return to Australia, you can obtain urgent legal advice on how you can prevent the child leaving the country.
• If your child has been taken overseas by the other parent and the child has not returned to Australia, you need urgent legal assistance to arrange for the return of the child to Australia.

In almost all of the above scenarios, time is of the essence and necessary action should be taken as soon as possible to ensure that your position is not compromised further down the track.

At msl, our Brisbane and Gold Coast family lawyers have extensive experience in family law matters and can readily provide you with expert legal advice on your rights and the options available to you to ensure immediate protection of those rights in the face of an urgent situation.