Georgina Carson
Senior Associate – Family Lawyer
Georgie is a senior family lawyer at Eliza Legal with over six years of experience practising exclusively in family law. She works across the full spectrum of family law matters, including complex property settlements involving trusts and businesses, parenting arrangements, spousal maintenance, child support, divorce and family violence.
Georgie combines genuine empathy with sharp practical thinking, helping clients understand their options clearly and work towards outcomes that genuinely meet their needs. She is solutions-focused by nature and works hard to resolve matters amicably through negotiation and alternative dispute resolution wherever possible, saving clients the time, expense and stress of litigation.
When she's not at work, Georgie can usually be found with family and friends or walking the coastal trails and beaches of the Mornington Peninsula.
Areas of Expertise:
- Complex Property Settlements – Providing strategic advice on complex asset pools involving company structures, trusts, and self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), while helping clients gain a clear understanding of unfamiliar assets and liabilities.
- Spousal Maintenance – Applications for ongoing financial support after separation or divorce.
- Superannuation Splitting – Drafting and securing Superannuation Splitting Orders, including those involving self-managed super funds (SMSFs).
- Enforcement of Property Orders – Orders including warrant enforcement, eviction, registrar signatures, and sole conduct of sale.
- Bankruptcy and Family Law – Acting in matters involving trustees in bankruptcy and the intersection of insolvency and family law.
- Variation or Setting Aside Final Property Orders – Revisiting final orders due to fraud, mistake, or changed circumstances.
- Family Violence & Intervention Orders – Representing clients in matters involving both overt and more nuanced forms of family violence, including applications for and responses to Intervention Orders.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution – Guiding clients through mediation and collaborative law processes, including lawyer-assisted mediation to resolve disputes without litigation.
- Parenting Matters Involving Risk – Handling complex parenting disputes involving allegations of risk to children, including those involving both young children and older adolescents.
- Child Advocacy & Welfare – Managing cases requiring independent intervention or expert involvement to safeguard children at risk of harm due to ill-mental health or drug and alcohol dependency.
- Family Court Representation – Representing clients in all stages of litigation in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
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Georgina Carson
If you're seeking a family lawyer who will support you through this challenging time with sensitivity, expertise, and compassion, Georgina invites you to get in touch. Together, she can work towards a brighter future for your family.