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parenting issues, family dispute resolution, property settlement, spousal maintenance, separation, negotiation, family mediation, court representation

What Paterson-dowding does

Paterson & Dowding Family Lawyers is a family law firm in Western Australia, established in 1967, with offices in Perth CBD, Joondalup and Mandurah. The firm practises in family, divorce, complex property, parenting, spousal maintenance and matrimonial law. Services listed include mediation, family dispute resolution, parenting orders, property settlement, financial agreements, superannuation splitting, family trusts, child support, child abduction, surrogacy, relocation and collaborative law. The website says the firm aims to minimise the fallout of disputes on families and to reach agreement outside court where possible.

Summarised from the business's own website, checked October 2026. Not written or endorsed by the business.

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Family Lawyers & Mediators in Perth & Joondalup

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