KMJ Family Law

21/12/2021

Tomorrow, 22 December 2021 will be our last day of work for the year. We will return to office on 6 January 2022. For any urgent enquiries, please email [email protected]. It’s been a big year here at KMJ.

May everyone enjoy the break and we’ll see you all in the new year. Lou, Amy, Scarlett, Connor & Katy x

22/07/2021

-A N N O U N C E M E N T-

Hi All,

You may know that Katy Jenkins joined the Kyle & McGowan Family Law in May last year. For those who have not had the pleasure of meeting our Katy, she comes with over 10 years' experience practising law and has worked in both the community legal sector, including Women's Legal Services NSW and for the last 6 years, in the private sector. Katy is qualified as a collaborative family lawyer and is part of the Central Sydney Collaborative Forum. Katy is a well-respected and loved member of our team and we cannot imagine our practice without her.

Lou and Amy have worked together for many years with a dream to work alongside like-minded individuals with the same ethos and passion for the family law space. It is with pleasure (and excitement!) we can tell you that our Katy is joining Amy and Lou as a director of KMJ Family Law.

To reflect this change, we will no longer be trading as 'Kyle & McGowan Family Law". Our new business name is 'KMJ Family Law" (Kyle, McGowan, Jenkins Pty Ltd).

Our current clients should have received an email this week regarding this change. If you haven't been contacted - please let us know by emailing us.

We are in the process of creating our new website and logo so stay tuned for our big reveal in the coming month(s).

For those who have been with Kyle Family Lawyers from the start, thanks for coming along and joining us on the ride. To the clients that followed Katy and Scarlett to Kyle & McGowan Family Law, thank you. To all of our clients, we appreciate all of you for your ongoing support. We love what we do and we are looking forward to this next chapter that is KMJ Family Law.

Lou, Amy, Katy, Scarlett & Connor.

KMJ Family Law

25/06/2021

While Sydney has been issued a stay-at-home order, we will still be available to our clients (new and pre-existing). For any queries relating to parenting orders and covid - please visit our website for information:

financial - property settlement (the division of assets, liabilities and superannuation), spousal maintenance, binding financial agreements, child support agreements, consent orders, court proceedings.

03/06/2021

On Tuesday night, Amy McGowan and Connor Boesel ran a presentation for Rainbow Families for prospective parents. The presentation provided an insight into the complexities of making rainbow families and how to navigate the law in this space.

Great way to kick off pride month 🏳️‍🌈

29/04/2021

Great work Amy, showing great passion in standing up for the LGBTQIA+ community!

Well done to Amy and Connor for their hard work in preparing for the committee.

It’s been a busy couple of months for our equality team. We have been working hard to ensure Mark Latham’s Education Legislation Amendment Bill is not introduced into NSW Parliament.

The Bill threatens the quality education system that provides an inclusive and supportive environment for all children, and will be particularly harmful to our families as well as trans and gender diverse students.

Earlier this year Rainbow Families was invited to make a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry for the bill. Following numerous community consultations on the topic last year, we put together our submission to the Inquiry -

Rainbow Families opposes the Education Legislation Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill 2020 (“the bill”) on the basis that it is discriminatory, divisive, harmful and unnecessary. The bill attacks the basic human right of all students to be treated with dignity and respect and to feel safe and supported at school. This piece of legislation would undermine a strong education system that helps children understand a complex world and equips them to function in it.

Following our submission we were invited to speak at the Parliamentary Hearing last week. Amy volunteered to represent our families at the hearing – sharing stories from the community about how the bill would affect the diverse families in our community. Speaking at a hearing like this is not for the faint hearted, and Amy did a fantastic job of explaining why this bill is harmful to our community.

https://www.rainbowfamilies.com.au/update_on_the_latham_billhttps://www.rainbowfamilies.com.au/update_on_the_latham_bill

21/04/2021

On Tuesday, Amy McGowan appeared before the NSW Parliament Education Committee in her capacity as Director of Advocacy for Rainbow Families. Amy gave evidence in response to a proposed bill that would be extremely detrimental to trans and gender diverse school students and their families. Amy’s paralegal, Connor, also
assisted and was in attendance.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

19/03/2021

It’s been a busy week here at KMFL (especially today) but it was nice to stop for a moment to enjoy a surprise visit from one of our clients.

17/02/2021

Lou keeping our meeting room green and inviting for our clients!

Ziggy the dog is our furry friend for the day🐶

10/02/2021

Recent times have meant a lot of our court appearances are online. We certainly feel the pain of our American colleague!

03/02/2021

Recently, two of our lawyers, Amy McGowan and Katy Jenkins were instructing solicitors in an Appeal before the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia, in a complex parenting matter.

We are fortunate to have such experienced and well versed professionals to assist our clients. We were also inspired by our client's bravery and fortitude.

If you have any questions about appeals, please contact our experienced team on 02 8356 9008 or at [email protected]

27/01/2021

A great meeting this afternoon with Rainbow Families advocacy sub-committee. Our Amy McGowan is the director of advocacy for Rainbow Families and one of our Paralegals, Connor, also assists. We are committed to providing support to this important community group and advocating for them!

13/10/2020

CONGRATULATIONS AMY!!!