Greetings all 'and cheers to Andrew in advance ',

My mother has said to my father ‘give me $500k I'm going to buy a house and go my own way’.

She’s happy with the above and has said that he can keep all other assets.

Now in a perfect world I would leave that be but it’s not. I have spoken to a family court lawyer and have received quotes in the vicinity of $7-10k 'which won’t include any court time', to put the necessary documentation in place in order to ensure what has been said stays legal.

‘My understanding is that there may be a need for two lawyers to be involved one for each side.’

Obviously this won’t be the easiest situation for my father to go through so I’m trying to ‘in the very least’, ease the burden of having to come up with the additional cash to fund this.

Questions:

• Is there any legal aid documentation that can be put in place to incept this;
• How easy would it be for a private practice lawyer to circumvent this documentation ‘if available, and yes I know this isn't really an answerable question it's more aimed towards those that have used legal aid documentation and have come unstuck'.

If a lawyer has to be used then so be it, I’m just trying to see if there are any alternatives.

I already have a lawyer in mind if this is the way it has to go.

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