Family & separation law · NSW
Know where you stand before your next move.
Confidential family law advice for separation, parenting and property matters across NSW.
- Business, shares and structures properly assessed
- A realistic settlement range in writing
- Discreet from the first phone call
- 4.9
- Average Google rating
- 7
- Accreditations held by our principal
- 2
- NSW offices — Norwest & Armidale
- Private, confidential consultations
- Federal Circuit & Family Court of Australia
- Mediation, arbitration & collaborative practice
Matters we act in
Separation is rarely just one issue.
A business you built. An asset pool that took two decades to assemble. Children whose arrangements need to survive contact with reality. We act where several of these overlap at once — and where the financial detail decides the outcome.
Business & company interests
Valuation timing, director duties, keeping the business trading while the settlement is negotiated.
Trusts & complex structures
Discretionary trusts, SMSFs, shareholdings and loans that need to be untangled properly.
Property & financial settlement
Contributions, superannuation splitting and the realistic range your matter sits in.
High-conflict parenting
Arrangements built to hold, so you are not renegotiating them every school term.
Financial control & safety
Where funds have been withheld, moved or hidden, or where coercion forms part of the picture.
Cross-border matters
Assets, entities or children connected to more than one jurisdiction.
The strategy session
The first question everyone asks: what will this cost me?
So we answer it first. One fixed fee, one session, and you leave knowing where you stand. Nothing beyond the session fee is charged unless you decide to engage us.
You're paying for a service, not a conversation. No hidden fees, and no invoice you weren't told about at any stage.
Book a strategy sessionWhat the session includes
- A confidential review of your circumstances, including business and structural interests
- The likely range of outcomes for your matter — in plain numbers, not reassurance
- Your realistic options mapped: negotiation, mediation, arbitration or court
- The immediate steps to protect your position, ordered by priority
- Our fees in writing before anything further is charged
Sessions are held in person at Norwest or Armidale, or securely by video for clients elsewhere in NSW.
After you enquire
Here is exactly how it goes. No surprises.
- 01Discretion
Private from the first conversation
You speak with our team confidentially. Nothing is filed, sent or disclosed, and no one in your professional world needs to know you called.
- 02Strategy
Considered before reactive
We map parenting, property, business interests and process choices before any action is taken — so your first move is informed, not improvised.
- 03Competence
Calm, sharp, commercially minded
Measured advocacy across negotiation, mediation, arbitration and, where required, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
Our team
People first, lawyers second.
A team that takes on matters where more than one thing is at stake.
Book a strategy sessionClient outcomes
What clients say afterwards
“I approached Kalpaxis at a very difficult time in my life. The team did more than just get me a better outcome than I could have ever hoped for — the professionalism and drive to get what was in my best interest knew no bounds.”
“Their precision to detail is immaculate in all areas. Because of their work I am now thriving with much success. Worth every cent and second of my time — I honestly couldn't ask for anyone better.”
“They made me feel like my matter was personal, not just a business or legal transaction like some legal companies do. I have and will continue to recommend Kalpaxis Legal.”
Meet your principal lawyer
Cassandra Kalpaxis
LL.B · B.Soc.Sc · GDPL
Cassandra practises in collaborative family law and appears regularly in the media discussing separation, family violence awareness and safer workplaces. Her work sits where commercial reality and family law meet: clients with businesses to protect, reputations to manage and children whose stability is not negotiable.
Her approach draws on qualifications that extend well beyond traditional legal training — which is why so many matters resolve without ever reaching a courtroom.
- Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Social Science
- Nationally Accredited Mediator
- Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
- Family Law Arbitrator
- Accredited Collaborative Divorce Practitioner
- International Collaborative Practice Practitioner
Before you book
The questions we're asked most
One session. Complete clarity.
The strongest position is the one you understood first.
Book a confidential strategy session and leave knowing your position, your options and your next step — for $730 including GST.