Legal Aid Queensland - Maroochydore Office
Legal Services in Mount Isa

Are or might be separating (parenting arrangements, kid support, separation, divorce). Legal help is available in criminal, family and some civil law matters. Our legal information, publications, advice, duty lawyer, community legal education and referral services are free. Information about getting help and promote from domestic and family violence. All families are different, and when making arrangements for children or applying for a parenting order, it’s imperative to make safe the arrangements are possible and in the children’s superior interests. When making a parenting order, the court must consider what’s in the children’s superior interests. When making arrangements for the children or applying for a parenting order, it’s crucial to make sure the arrangement is feasible and in the children’s best interests. See what to consider when making parenting arrangements for more information. If you're making a joint or sole application for divorce, and there aren't any children below 18 that were part of the family prior separation, then you don't have to go to court. Making a complaint about discrimination or sexual harassment. You can also get aid and urge from family and domestic violence services: Apply for a domestic violence order or interrogate the police to apply for you. The police may decide to apply for a domestic violence order for you even if you don’t agree. Can a child apply for or respond to a domestic violence order? Children below 18 can only be the applicant or a respondent to a domestic violence order if they’re in, or have been in: Children can’t be an applicant or respondent to a domestic violence order if it relates to a family relationship. Can children be included on a domestic violence order? The police will investigate, and if they can prove the order was broken, the respondent will be charged with breaching the domestic violence order. If your complaint is about a legal matter in which a FAQ solicitor is assisting a client, we generally will have a professional obligation to yield your personal information to our client. Our domestic violence duty lawyers yield release legal information and advice to applicants and respondents in domestic and family violence matters, and help people fill out forms and documents required for that day in court. Yield you with promote and information in court and throughout the court process. Where needed to do so by a third party funding a matter, or by a client instructing the Preferred Supplier in a number of matters, the Preferred Supplier will have a system which enables all relevant matters to be identified. Should a practitioner no longer be qualified to represent the client, the client is informed and provided with appropriate advice. In instances where help has been granted for two or more matters, segregate files are opened for each matter.