Bio
Karen is a Family Partner.
Karen advises business owners and high-net-worth individuals in relation to wealth protection in the context of relationship breakdown. This includes supporting with planning for the future though nuptial and cohabitation agreements and helping with the financial arrangements following separation.
Karen has experience with cases where parental alienation has been alleged and have been successful in both defending allegations of parental alienation and in securing meaningful arrangements between parents and children where alienation has been a significant concern.
She also supports individuals who have left, or who are looking to leave, abusive relationships. This includes supporting individuals in applications for protective injunctions as well as ensuring the arrangements for children and finances do not allow for future abuse.
Karen also supports individuals who have been falsely accused of abusive behaviour.
Examples of Karen’s work include:
- Supporting a client who had been joined to proceedings dealing with the arrangements for children who had been accused of serious sexual abuse of one of the children.
- Assisting a farmer to reach a financial agreement as part of his divorce.