Family law · Hobart, TAS
Family lawyers in Hobart: 12 lawyers and firms Doyle’s Guide ranks and places in Hobart, 30 more that Doyle’s ranks across Tasmania without naming a city and 5 more it ranks in towns elsewhere in Tasmania. Every card says which of those it is, and links the source.
Your first call for a family law matter. Runs the matter from the first meeting — advice, negotiation, the paperwork, and court if it comes to that — and briefs a barrister when one is needed.
Contact the firm directlyA solicitor a law institute has accredited in a field after formal assessment. We show it only where the listing says so. Ask the firm which register records it.
Ask the firm, or check the registerAn advocate for hearings, trials and hard points of law. Some accept direct briefs from the public; most work comes through a solicitor.
Usually through your solicitor12 solicitors, with Doyle’s Guide rankings where they exist and a register note on every listing. We group lawyers by what Doyle’s Guide published and what we have checked ourselves. Inside a group the order is alphabetical, and no lawyer here is rated above another by us.
Within this group the order is alphabetical. It is not a ranking.
Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Wallace Wilkinson & Webster
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Preeminent 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · PWB Lawyers
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · PWB Lawyers
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Murdoch Clarke
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Simmons Wolfhagen
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Wallace Wilkinson & Webster
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Butler McIntyre & Butler
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Preeminent 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Dobson Mitchell & Allport
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Preeminent 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Dobson Mitchell & Allport
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Jacobs Family Law
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Wallace Wilkinson & Webster
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Ogilvie Jennings
Hobart, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide scopes these lists to Tasmania and publishes no city for any listee, so we cannot tell you which of them work in Hobart — we are showing them here because Hobart is the state’s legal centre, not because Doyle’s places them in it. Each card links the exact list it came from.
Within this group the order is alphabetical. It is not a ranking.
Doyle’s Guide ranking
Law firm
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Second Tier 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Blissenden Lawyers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
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TAS
Doyle’s Guide First Tier 2026 · Commercial Litigation
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Solicitor · Dobson Mitchell & Allport
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Rising Star 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Law firm
TAS
Doyle’s Guide First Tier 2026 · Commercial Litigation
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Butler McIntyre & Butler
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Philip Welch Lawyers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Ogilvie Jennings
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Barrister · Derwent & Tamar Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Criminal Law
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Dobson Mitchell & Allport
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Preeminent 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Law firm
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Ogilvie Jennings
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Rising Star 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · PWB Lawyers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Rising Star 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Barrister · Derwent & Tamar Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Barrister · Derwent & Tamar Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Wallace Wilkinson & Webster
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Rising Star 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Butler McIntyre & Butler
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Rising Star 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Barrister · Michael Kirby Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Michael Kirby Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Law firm
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Third Tier 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Law firm
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Law firm
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Third Tier 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Barrister · Derwent & Tamar Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Law firm
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Second Tier 2026 · Commercial Litigation
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Derwent & Tamar Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
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TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Barrister · Malthouse Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Malthouse Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Barrister · St Elmo Chambers
TAS
Doyle’s Guide Leading 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Law firm
TAS
Doyle’s Guide First Tier 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s prints a town or region for each of these — none of them Hobart — and we do not publish a page for that place yet, so they appear here on the state’s page. The place on each card is Doyle’s own, and each card links the exact list it came from.
Within this group the order is alphabetical. It is not a ranking.
Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Phillip Welch Lawyers
Launceston, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Bishops
Launceston, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Bishops
Launceston, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Preeminent 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Trezise Legal
Launceston, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Doyle’s Guide ranking
Solicitor · Simmons Wolfhagen
Devonport, TAS as Doyle’s prints it
Doyle’s Guide Recommended 2026 · Family & Divorce
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Family law in Australia is governed by the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), administered by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. The same federal framework applies in every state — but how it’s resolved in practice varies significantly by registry, with different waitlists, court culture, and local Family Dispute Resolution capacity.
Matter types we see most often in our intake from Hobart and surrounding suburbs.
The four-step process under s79 — identifying the asset pool, assessing contributions, assessing future needs, and applying the just-and-equitable test. Most matters resolve through consent orders or mediation; only ~30% reach a contested hearing (AIFS 2024).
Live-with, spend-time and parental-responsibility arrangements. The 2024 amendments removed the equal-shared-parental-responsibility presumption — the court now decides on the child’s best interests with no statutory starting point.
Pre-nuptial, post-nuptial and separation BFAs under Part VIIIA. Used to provide certainty without court involvement, though both parties must take independent advice and the agreement can be set aside in narrow circumstances.
Filed after 12 months of separation. Sole or joint application, $1,170 filing fee (concession $390). Usually a 1–3 month process and rarely requires personal court attendance.
Spousal maintenance under Part VIII; child support administered separately through Services Australia. Property and parenting orders frequently include maintenance terms.
Apprehended Violence Orders, Intervention Orders and equivalent state-based protective orders. Often run concurrently with parenting and property matters.
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