Tania Furler BEd LLB (Hons) GDLP
Tania Furler is the Principal Solicitor of Furler & Co Barristers and Solicitors. Tania graduated with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Adelaide. She is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia and the High Court of Australia.
Tania commenced her legal career in rural South Australia where she worked predominantly in Family Law, Criminal Law, Wills and Estates and Conveyancing. Tania relocated to a prominent legal firm in Adelaide CBD where she gained a wealth of experience appearing in the Magistrates Court of South Australia, District Court of South Australia, Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Family Court of Australia and the Youth Court, on a daily basis.
Tania works alongside a number of senior members of the profession who continue to be influential in her practise of the law.
Prior to her career in the law, Tania was a primary school teacher, which gave her great insight into the importance of family and the need to ensure the best interests of children are the paramount consideration in family law matters. This insight gives Tania a strong sense of the impact that family law matters have on family relationships. Tania strives to manage family law matters and all matters, efficiently, and where possible, amicably.
Tania is experienced in managing property settlement matters from minor property asset pools through to complex property matters involving companies, family trusts, investment properties and self-managed superannuation funds.
Having extensive experience in Criminal Law, Tania represents clients who have been charged with criminal and traffic offences ranging from summary offences through to major indictable offences. Being an understanding and approachable solicitor, Tania recognises the stress that her clients experience when they are faced with a criminal or traffic law matter. Tania acts as a strong advocate to protect the rights of her clients.
Wills, Estate Planning and Administration is an area of the law that Tania is very passionate about. She is highly competent at assisting her clients to effectively plan their estate matters, from the simple estates to more complex matters involving trusts, companies and blended families. Tania also assists clients with the administration of deceased estates and understands that this process generally takes place during a difficult time for her clients, therefore she aims to make the process as efficient and stress-free as possible.
Tania manages all types of South Australian conveyancing property transactions. Buying or selling a home or business is often one of the most important transactions clients enter into in their lifetime, therefore Tania ensures that her clients are kept informed at every step of the conveyancing process.
On a personal level, Tania is the mother of three children, Landen, Dorothy and Eleanor. She enjoys spending time with her young family, going for beach runs and enjoying the fine food and wine the Clare Valley has to offer.
Practice areas
Family
Family Law
We understand that the breakdown of a relationship is a very difficult time, particularly when children are involved. There are many life-changing decisions that need to be made including the division of assets between the parties, parenting arrangements, relocation, where children will attend childcare or school.
We will manage the legal side of these difficult decisions for you with sensitive, expert advice. We will help you deal with the process, prioritising the welfare of your children, if applicable, and advising you on financial matters.
Wherever possible, we aim to resolve your matter constructively with your former partner, to minimise conflict and find the best way forward for you and your family.
As family law solicitors, we will represent your interests in all areas of family law, including:
- Divorce including preparing and serving divorce documents
- Annulment of marriages
- Spousal maintenance
- Property settlements
- Domestic and family violence
- Family Mediation
- Legal aid for family law matters
- Legal representation before the Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia
- Parenting matters
- Grandparent’s rights
- Child support and enforcement of payments
- Guardianship of children
Contact us to arrange a free first consultation with an experienced family lawyer.
Criminal Defense
Criminal and Traffic Law
If you have been charged with a criminal or traffic offence, you don’t have to face it alone!
The outcome of your Court case might be life changing, so give yourself the best possible chance with one of our criminal and traffic defence lawyers.
At Furler & Co we will advise you of your rights, get you ready for your Court appearance and explain the Court procedures so you understand what is happening every step of the way. In Court we’ll defend your case clearly and strongly to give you the best possible outcome.
We regularly appear in city and rural courts. We represent clients in all areas of criminal and traffic law, including:
- Traffic and vehicle offences – drive without due care, exceed the prescribed concentration of alcohol (drink driving), drive whilst disqualified, drive without a licence and other driving offences
- Acts intended to cause injury – assault, aggravated assault
- Justice procedure offences – breach of intervention order, resist or hinder police, breach of bond, suspended sentence or community service order
- Theft – theft from residential or retail premises, receiving or handling the proceeds of crime, theft of intellectual property
- Illicit drug offences – possession, cultivation or dealing in illicit drugs
- Public Order offences – disorderly behaviour, cruelty to animals
- Fraud offences – obtaining benefit by deception, forgery of documents, Centrelink fraud
- Property damage – graffiti, arson
- Threatening behaviour – threats to harm or kill
- Sexual assault – indecent assault, rape, sexual offences against a minor
Worried about the likely penalty? Ready to get some common sense legal advice? Contact us for a free first appointment to talk to an experienced traffic or criminal lawyer today.
Elder Law
Wills and Estates
Planning for your family’s future in your will is a very important and personal legal matter. If you take the time now to make an effective legally binding Last Will and Testament, you can save your family not only stress but money in what will undoubtedly be a difficult time for them. We can assist you by:
- Drafting a Last Will and Testament for you that will maximise the inheritance for your beneficiaries
- Drafting Enduring Power of Attorney (financial) and Advance Care Directive (medical and lifestyle) documents
- Managing Probate and Letters of Administration matters
- Advising you in relation to appointing executors, guardians for your minor children, attorneys and substitute-decision makers
- Setting up family and testamentary trusts
- Advising you on how to minimise the chance that your will be contested and subject to litigation
- Advising you in relation to estate tax (including capital gains) and financial concerns
- Advising you in relation to estate and Probate laws
- Safely storing your Last Will and Testament and other important legal documents
At the same time as considering your Last Will and Testament, we strongly recommend that you also put in place plans for any future incapacity through Enduring Power of Attorney and Advance Care Directive documents. This will ensure that if you somehow become unable to make decisions about your finances, your medical treatment or living arrangements, then the person or persons who you trust to make these decisions can legally do so.
Contact us to find out more or to arrange a consultation with an experienced estate lawyer.
Real Estate
Conveyancing
Furler & Co have experience in representing clients through all stages of South Australian property transactions, whether buying or selling a home, unit, vacant block, strata or community title, or rural property, including the provision of competent legal advice in relation to:
- Contract law
- Cooling-off periods and waiving cooling-off periods if purchasing prior to auction
- Sale documents, including the Contract, Form 1 and associated documents
- Preparation of the Form 1
- Auction Contracts and purchases off-the-plan
- Cost appraisal including stamp duty, and disbursements such as search and registration fees
- Sales or purchases by companies, self managed superannuation funds, family and discretionary trusts and deceased estates
- Property tenancy including joint tenants and tenants in common
- Retirement Village purchases, leases and service contracts
- Dispute resolution and litigation
- Liaison with financial institutions in relation to deposit bonds, loans, mortgages and discharges of mortgages
- Attend settlement at the Land Titles Office and arrange notification to authorities such as SA Water, Revenue SA, Local Councils and Strata Management
- Adjustments to the purchase price in relation to rates and allowances
- Advice for first home buyers including the First Home Owner Grant
- Preparing and registering Enduring Power of Attorney documents
- Easements and covenants
Contact us for more information or to arrange a consultation with an experienced property lawyer.