About

 Carlos is an accredited Family Law specialist with over thirty years’ experience in all aspects of family law. He has been involved in complex divorce, de-facto and property matters, parenting matters, relocation of children including international relocation and abduction of children (Hague Convention) cases, contravention matters, location and recovery of children, domestic violence, child support and adoption cases including adoption of adults.

Carlos is passionate about alternative dispute resolution (ADR) applied to family law to attempt to resolve matters well for the client, recognising that the vast majority of family law matters settle. He was a founding member and original chair of the ADR Committee of the ACT Law Society.

Carlos’s unique approach to family law is to devise a Case Plan with the client from the start, a Case Plan which is outcome based, realistic, but which also includes careful tactical and strategic considerations.