Jodylee is an Accredited Family Law Specialist with over 25 years’ experience in family and relationship law. She is an International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL) Fellow and has been consistently recognised by The Best LawyersTM in Australia for her work in family law, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution, and was named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ for family law in 2020. She has also been recognised by Doyles Guide.
Jodylee advises on all matters involving married, de-facto, and same-sex couples, including complex, large-scale property matters and high conflict parenting matters. Her expertise includes:
- lives with/spend time disputes
- child relocation and abduction
- name disputes
- family violence and intervention orders
- child support issues
- adult child maintenance
- division of property
- asset protection via binding financial agreements (‘pre-nups’)
- post separation agreements
- spousal maintenance, and
- child maintenance trusts, family trusts, and complex tax, valuation, and superannuation issues.
Jodylee is an established industry leader and her proficiency and extensive knowledge assists clients to reach a favourable and practical outcome, understanding that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach.
Additionally, Jodylee regularly authors articles and is quoted in the media on family law related issues. Most recently her expertise has been sought for articles relating to digital assets, family pets, financial agreements and parenting matters, and social media posts. She has also presented on family law matters to other professional associations such as The Tax Institute (NSW). Some of these articles/presentations can be found below:
Sydney Morning Herald: How Instagram posts exposed a $100,000 lie in family law battle
Sydney Morning Herald: The new financial battleground for divorcing couples
Sydney Morning Herald: Who gets the pets and other big changes for divorcing couples
Sydney Morning Herald: Change to equal say about to transform court custody battles
The Guardian: How much does divorce cost in Australia
Tax Institute: Binding Financial Agreements – are they worth the effort?
Jodylee is recognised in The Best LawyersTM in Australia in the family law, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution categories (2018-2025, 2027), and was named ‘Lawyer of the Year’ for family law in 2020. She was also recognised in Global Law Experts, and in 2016 was named a Rising Star in the family law category of Doyles Guide.
