Month: September 2018

Who is the Julie Hodge The Family Lawyer blog for?

Are you separating or divorcing? Do you know someone who is? Are you a health/mental health expert, accountant, financial planner or other professional who works with families or separating couples?  Do you want to save yourself, your clients or someone you care about – time, money and stress and help them to resolve their family law issues? Then this blog is for you!

Through complimentary articles and resources I will inform you about the legal issues and highlight the practical, financial and emotional issues people face when separating or divorcing. This page is designed to help people prepare for and handle separation and divorce so that they may move on with their new lives.

Who is Julie Hodge The Family Lawyer?

I am Julie Hodge The Family Lawyer.  I am passionate about educating people about separation and divorce so that they may play a positive and active role in their settlement and build a new future for themselves and their families.  I am a Cairns local, a wife and mother to two gorgeous boys.

I have been assisting Australian families to resolve their separation and divorce issues since 2007, practising as a Family & Divorce Lawyer in Far North Queensland.  Over that time I have become concerned that people experiencing separation and divorce not only lack important information about the legal process but also the emotional, practical and financial issues they may face.

I am a trained Collaborative Law Professional and my expertise has been recognised in the Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession being named as a leading North Queensland Family & Divorce Lawyer for 4 years running.

My desire to ensure holistic information is available to people facing separation and divorce drove me to write the legal guidebook “Moving On – What you need to know about Separation & Divorce” which was released in September 2018.

Like my book, I created this blog site to save people time, money and stress and help them to resolve their family law issues.  It will educate people about the legal issues and highlight many of the practical, financial and emotional issues people may face.

I have also been involved with many local organisations, volunteering as a family lawyer at the Cairns Community Legal Centre and North Queensland Women’s Legal Service and educating members of the public via presentations for CPA Australia and M-Powered Women Cairns.

20 September 2018