Extensive Experience
Kells specialises in all areas of family law including family violence, divorce, separation, child custody, child support, and more.
Dedicated Team
Conveniently located in Wollongong and across the Illawarra region, we offer the highest level of service, while remaining affordable and easy to talk to.
Trusted Family Lawyers
For our dedicated team of family lawyers, nothing is more important than upholding your rights and best interests throughout your legal process.
Here to Help
Have you or a family member been a victim of domestic violence where you have experienced physical, sexual or verbal abuse, threats, stalking, intimidation, or other forms of control or coercion? At Kells, our domestic violence lawyers in Wollongong specialise in dealing with protection from harassment and domestic violence in a sensitive and considerate manner.
How Can Our Domestic Violence Lawyers Help?
Domestic violence comes in many forms and can include verbal, emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Often a pattern of behaviour that seeks to manipulate, coerce or threaten another person in order to gain control, it is a serious issue that can have far-reaching consequences for both the victim and perpetrator.
If you are suffering from family violence, contact the domestic violence lawyers at Kells right away. Serving clients in Wollongong and across the Illawarra, our family violence lawyers can provide knowledgeable and empathetic legal advice and assistance to protect you from further abuse. We understand that these matters can be sensitive and traumatic, which is why we will do our utmost to make sure you feel comfortable and safe throughout the process.
And if it’s the other way around and you’ve been issued an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO), we can help you too. Our legal team is experienced in this area and can provide you with advice on your rights and options, including helping you navigate through your particular situation.
Get The Right Legal Advice for Your Family Violence Matter
Call our family lawyers today to discuss your case.
Frequently Asked Questions
Whilst domestic violence is commonly associated with physical violence between family members in a domestic relationship, domestic violence can take many other forms where one person tries to dominate and control another person via the use of:
- Sexual abuse
- Emotional or psychological abuse
- Verbal abuse
- Stalking and intimidation
- Social and geographic isolation
- Financial abuse
- Cruelty to pets
- Damage to property
- Threats to be violent in any of the above ways.
Our specialist family lawyers have a thorough understanding of how to assist and advise clients who have been subjected to violence in their family law relationships. Our team of solicitors will assist in screening and identifying risk as well as implementing safety plans where necessary.
The involvement of family violence in family law matters will have a bearing on what might be appropriate for the future care arrangements for children of a relationship and may even have a bearing on property settlement if there have been circumstances of financial abuse.
Whether you can see your children because of an AVO will depend on the terms of the individual AVO that has been issued to you and whether care arrangements can be negotiated and the children protected from harm or risk of harm.
Our family law team can help you navigate through your family law matter where there are aspects of family violence including where there is an AVO on one party.
Area of Expertise
Child Custody and Parenting Agreements
Collaborative Law
Divorce
De Facto Relationship
Family Violence and AVOs
Property Settlements
Same Sex Relationship
Separation
Varying/Enforcing Final Orders
Dangers of Using ChatGPT in Family Law Matters
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Whether you’re navigating separation, parenting arrangements, or property division, our team is here to help you move forward with confidence and care.