Susan Ilias
Principal Lawyer
+61 3 8600 6040
silias@aitken.com.au
Susan Ilias
Areas of Law: Family Law
Qualifications: Bachelor of Laws | Bachelor of Arts (Australian Politics) | Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
Office Location: Melbourne
Susan Ilias is an experienced family lawyer with significant experience with Intervention Orders, complex parenting disputes, and acting as an Independent Children's Lawyer. She also has significant experience in financial matters including drafting Binding Financial Agreements.
Susan has been working as a lawyer for 23 years, 5 of those as a barrister with a focus on Intervention Orders where she appeared in both Magistrates Courts and Appeals in the County Court. She has also worked as the Family Violence Duty Lawyer at Melbourne Magistrates Court and Heidelberg Magistrates Court.
Her passion is in providing a voice to those that find it hard to be heard, especially in her work with parenting disputes. Susan regularly advises on a wide range of matters, including:
- Advising on parenting arrangements following separation, including time spent with each parent and decision-making responsibilities
- Drafting and negotiating parenting plans and consent orders
- Assisting clients with child support assessments, agreements, and variations
- Representing parents in relocation and custody disputes, including high-conflict matters
- Advising on parental responsibility and disputes involving schooling, health care, and other major long-term decisions
- Extensive experience with Family Violence and Personal Safety Intervention Orders, particularly where they intersect with parenting proceedings
- Navigating interim and final parenting orders through the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Advising on communication protocols and co-parenting arrangements in high-tension separations
- Experience in property settlements involving separation and divorce
- Criminal law matters resulting from breaches of Intervention Orders, particularly where parenting arrangements are affected