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      Accredited Family Law Specialist. Integrity - Trust - Equality

      • Alternate Dispute Resolution
      • Children's Issues
      • Collaborative Law & Mediation
      • Family, Relationship and De Facto Law
      • International Law
      General Info

      Our Lawyers are all experienced experts in relationship and family law.

      At Pullos Lawyers, it is our portfolio of knowledge and experience as a team across a broad range of areas, which gives us the edge to deliver tailored solutions for each individual client. We are dedicated to finding the right solution for you. All of our team bring extra knowledge and experience in the business and legal areas that extend far beyond the parameters of family law. Our firm’s founder has been a small business owner for over 25 years and has practised in the areas of commercial law and commercial litigation over her 30-year legal career. Other members of our team bring expertise including a Bachelor of Commerce, experience in Property Transactions, Rural and Farming Law and International Law. As a firm, we specialise in matters of Family, Relationship and Defacto Law, International Family Law.

      Pullos Lawyers is a new breed of boutique law firm with its primary focus being Family, Relationship and De Facto Law and Alternate Dispute Resolution. Our experienced lawyers practice in these areas as a specialty and have both the legal expertise and the life skills necessary to advise and guide clients through the resolution of the issues that arise on the breakdown of relationships.

      We will apply our expertise, underpinned by our core values of integrity, trust and equality to every aspect of your divorce, De Facto dispute and other relationship issues.

      We are also trained in the various methods of alternate dispute resolution such as collaborative law, mediation, arbitration and the many different varieties of negotiation.

      Accreditations
      Accreditation badgeQueensland Law Society Family Law Accredited SpecialistsAccreditation badgeCollaborative Practice
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      Payment method
      visa, cash
      Established
      2008
      Location
      Level 3, Southport Central 3g
      Ownership
      Locally Owned
      Service Notes
      Open Weekdays
      Free Estimates
      Yes
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      Categories
      Family Law, Discrimination & Civil Rights Law Attorneys, Solicitors & Lawyers
      Licenses
      Legal ID: Marriages & defacto
      Keywords
      Children Issues, Collaborative Law, International Family Law, Marriages & De Facto, Mediation, Property Settlement, Spousal Maintenance
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      What is surrogacy?

      A surrogacy is an agreement between the surrogate (and her partner if she has one) and the intended parents wherein the surrogate agrees to become pregnant with a child for the intended parents.


      What can't a surrogate do?

      A surrogate can't advertise for any surrogacy and can't accept payment to act as a surrogate. A surrogate can however receive payment for all reasonable costs for the surrogacy.


      Can I be a surrogate or an intended parent?

      Any person can be a surrogate or an intended parent. This includes single people and De Facto and same sex De Facto couples. Should the intended parents wish to have legal parentage of the child then all parties involved must be over the age of 25.


      How can the surrogate legally become pregnant?

      Methods of conception including in-vitro fertilisation, artificial insemination or natural conception can be used.


      Is surrogacy only legal in Queensland?

      No, surrogacy is also legal in all of the States and Territories of Australia except for Tasmania.


      What if the birth mother or intended parents change their mind?

      Surrogacy arrangements are not legally enforceable. Prior to a parentage order being made by the court, a surrogate can legally keep the child as their own. Or should the intended parents decide not to care for the child they are legally entitled to do that.


      Who pays for the costs of the pregnancy?

      The surrogate's reasonable costs associated with the pregnancy are able to be paid to or reimbursed to the birth mother. The court can enforce the payment of a birth mother's reasonable costs upon her relinquishing the custody of the child to the intended parents. We can discuss what costs can be claimed during your consultation with us. If you are considering being a surrogate or wish to have a child by using a surrogate and require assistance please contact us.


      Whose name is listed on the birth certificate as the parents?

      When the child is born the surrogate and her partner (if she has one) will be named on the child's birth certificate as the parents. Only a parentage order issued by the court can list the intended parent's names as the parents on the birth certificate.


      What can't I do?

      You can't pay a surrogate to carry a child for you and you can't advertise that you are seeking a surrogate.