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Family lawyers across Australia

Integrative family law. A better way forward.

Experienced family lawyers providing clear advice and practical solutions, with access to family wellbeing support and trusted professional expertise when needed.

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Proud members of

  • Family Law Section, Law Council of Australia
  • Proud member, Family Law Practitioners Association of Queensland
  • Queensland Law Society member
  • The Law Society of Queensland Professional Standards Scheme

Our people

The people you will talk to.

Experienced family lawyers offering practical advice, personal support and strong representation when it matters most.

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Our expertise

How can we help?

Whatever stage you’re at, our experienced family lawyers can help you understand your options and decide what comes next.

Not sure where to start? We can help you understand your options.

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Karly O’Shea, Family Wellbeing Practitioner

Integrative family law

Family law advice that considers the whole picture.

Separation can affect your finances, your children and your wellbeing as well as your legal position. Your family lawyer advises on your matter and, where it would help and you agree, can work alongside family wellbeing and financial professionals, so the advice you receive fits together.

  • Specialist family law advice

    An experienced family lawyer advises you, explains your options and represents your interests.

  • Family wellbeing support, if you want it

    Optional support for parenting, relationships and emotional wellbeing, provided separately from your legal advice.

  • Financial and professional expertise, where relevant

    Where your matter involves a business, trust or complex finances, your lawyer can coordinate with your existing advisers or introduce you to trusted independent professionals.

Every family’s needs are different. Other professionals are involved only where it would help and with your consent, and information is shared only with your consent.

The Florens approachFamily wellbeing support

Here when you need us

Let’s talk about your situation.

Whether you’re considering separation or already navigating a family law matter, our team can help you understand your options and what to do next.

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Complimentary 20-minute introductory conversation. No obligation to proceed.

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Getting started

Taking the first step is simple.

You don’t need to have everything worked out before contacting us. We’ll help you understand where to begin.

  1. Get in touch

    Request a free discovery call or telephone our team. You only need to provide a few basic details to get started.

  2. Let’s talk

    We’ll arrange a complimentary 20-minute introductory conversation to understand the general nature of your matter and explain how Florens may be able to help.

  3. Plan your next steps

    If you decide to proceed, we’ll explain the appropriate next steps, including the scope of legal services and applicable fees.

Finance options for your legal fees

Common questions

Questions you may have.

What happens during a free discovery call?

It is a complimentary 20-minute conversation with our team. You tell us the general nature of your matter, and we explain how we may be able to help and what the next steps could be. It is not formal legal advice, and there is no obligation to proceed. Before we discuss the details, we complete a conflict check.

Do I need to be ready to separate before contacting a lawyer?

No. Many people contact us early, to understand their options before making important decisions. Separation and divorce

How much does family law advice cost?

It depends on your circumstances and the help you need. The discovery call is free, and if you decide to go ahead we explain the scope of our services and the likely costs before work begins. Finance options are available, including paying your legal fees at the end of your matter where you are eligible. Finance options

Can Florens help with complex financial or business matters?

Yes. We advise where a business, company or trust is part of a property settlement, and work alongside your accountant or financial planner so the legal and financial advice fit together. Business and complex assets

Can I access family wellbeing support?

Yes, if you would like it. Florens Family Law clients can access a complimentary initial Family Wellbeing Assessment, subject to eligibility and availability. Wellbeing support is optional and separate from your legal advice. Family wellbeing

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Ready to take the next step?

Start with a confidential conversation about your circumstances and how our team may be able to help.

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Privacy

Privacy policy

Updated October 2026

SJ Law Pty Ltd trading as Florens Family Law (“Florens Family Law”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store and protect your personal information, and how you can access or correct it.

We are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). As solicitors, we also owe you duties of confidentiality and protect legal professional privilege. A copy of the APPs is available from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.oaic.gov.au.

What personal information we collect

Personal information is information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable. Depending on your matter, we may collect:

How we collect it

Where reasonable and practicable, we collect personal information directly from you, in meetings, phone and video calls, emails, forms and through our website.

We may also receive information from others where this is needed for your matter, including the other party or their lawyers, courts, barristers, expert witnesses, family report writers, mediators, financial institutions, government agencies and other professionals you have authorised us to contact. If we receive information about you from someone else, we will take reasonable steps to let you know.

Family law matters often involve information about people who are not our clients. We handle that information with the same care, and only for the purposes of the matter.

Why we collect, use and hold it

If you choose not to provide information we reasonably need, we may not be able to act for you.

We only use sensitive information for the purpose it was provided, for a directly related purpose you would reasonably expect, with your consent, or where required or authorised by law.

When we disclose it

Subject to our professional obligations, we may disclose personal information:

We do not sell personal information.

AI-assisted tools

We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us work efficiently, for example to draft and review documents, summarise material, assist with research and transcribe meetings. These tools support our lawyers. They do not replace legal judgement.

Overseas recipients

Some of our service providers may store information on servers outside Australia. Where that happens, we take reasonable steps to make sure your information is protected in a way consistent with the APPs. Otherwise, we will only send your personal information overseas with your consent, where it is needed for your matter (for example, where there are overseas assets or an international parenting issue), or where required by law.

Marketing and communications

From time to time, we may send you information about our services, insights and events, or promotional material from our trusted referrers or related entities within the Florens Group. We only use your contact details for this, never information about your matter, and we do not pass your details to other organisations for their own marketing. You are welcome to opt out at any time, by using the unsubscribe link in any of our emails or by letting us know.

Our website

When you use our website or enquiry forms, we collect the details you choose to give us. Our website may also use cookies and analytics tools to understand how the site is used, such as which pages are visited. This information does not identify you, and you can turn cookies off in your browser settings.

How we store and protect it

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. This includes secure electronic systems with access controls and multi-factor authentication, and secure storage of any paper records.

We keep client files for at least seven years after a matter ends, or longer where the law or the nature of the matter requires. After that, we securely destroy or de-identify the information.

If a data breach occurs that is likely to result in serious harm, we will notify you and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner as required under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.

Accessing and correcting your information

We take reasonable steps to keep your personal information accurate, complete and up to date. Please let us know if anything changes or is incorrect.

You can ask to access the personal information we hold about you by contacting us in writing. We may need to confirm your identity first. There is no fee to make a request, but we may charge a reasonable fee for providing copies.

In limited circumstances permitted by the APPs, we may refuse access, for example where it would unreasonably affect another person’s privacy, where the information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings, or where giving access would be unlawful. If we refuse, we will explain why in writing.

Questions and complaints

If you have a question or complaint about how we handle your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer:

Florens Family Law
reception@florens.com.au
1300 739 954

We will aim to respond within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner on 1300 363 992 or at www.oaic.gov.au.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always available on our website.

Website disclaimer

The information on this website is general in nature and is not legal advice. Family law outcomes depend on individual circumstances, so please get advice about your own situation before acting on anything you read here. We aim to keep content current, but we cannot guarantee it is accurate or complete at the time you read it.

Using this website, or contacting us through it or by email, does not create a solicitor-client relationship. That relationship begins only once we have confirmed in writing that we will act for you. Please do not send confidential or sensitive documents until we have confirmed that we can act for you.

Links to other websites are provided for convenience. We are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude liability for any loss arising from use of this website or its content. Liability limited by a scheme approved under professional standards legislation.