Family Lawyers in Tauranga
When you are dealing with family law matters – it can be emotionally overwhelming and difficult to manage on your own. Our family lawyers in Tauranga are here to guide you and provide the support you need for things like separation, divorce, care of children arrangements, guardianship issues, child support, adoption, surrogacy, deceased estates, elder law, reviews and family violence matters such as protection orders.
Experienced Family Court Advocacy
We have extensive experience representing clients in the Family Court. If your matter progresses to court, we can continue to support you throughout the process, without the need to transfer your case to another lawyer.
Protection of Personal and Property Rights (PPPR)
We also assist families seeking advice or court orders under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act (PPPR).
This often involves supporting families, commonly where an elderly or vulnerable person can no longer make decisions about their personal care or property, and guiding loved ones through what can be a sensitive and stressful process.
Family and Relationship Property Matters
We assist clients across a wide range of family law issues, including:
Separation and divorce
Relationship property division
Care of children arrangements
Guardianship disputes
Child support reviews
Family violence matters, including protection orders
Our family law team
David Fraundorfer
Trial Counsel
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David is a civil trial lawyer with extensive experience in complex commercial and public law disputes. His experience includes ten years in London undertaking financial and international disputes, heading up Bay of Plenty’s largest litigation team, working as a commercial barrister and fronting his own specialist litigation firm.
His successes include setting precedents in the Court of Appeal, litigating class actions, and leading lengthy High Court trials. He is routinely instructed on judicial review, commercial disputes, and complex negligence claims. He is also asked to provide advice to corporate boards, speak at conferences on legal developments and guest lecture at law schools.
David maintains an interest in sports law, where he acted for international athletes in disciplinary and arbitration proceedings, including matters before international sporting bodies. He is a member of the Sports Tribunal assistance provider scheme, a panel arbitrator for the International Court of Arbitration of Sport and is the Oceania arbitrator for FIFA.
Jenna Heerdegen
Senior Associate
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Jenna is a senior litigation lawyer specialising in all areas of family law. This includes relationship property often involving complex issues regarding trusts and companies, contracting out agreements, relationship property agreements, estate disputes and parenting and guardianship matters. She has extensive dispute resolution and courtroom experience, regularly appearing in the Family Court and High Court. Jenna has a broad litigation background having spent time prosecuting for the crown and government departments in the District Court and High Court.
Kim Crosby
Senior Associate
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Kim practices in a broad range of family law matters including relationship property, surrogacy, adoption, parenting matters, family violence and estate litigation. Kim regularly appears in the Family Court. With over ten years experience working in family law across New Zealand and Australia, Kim is known for a pragmatic approach to family law disputes.
In addition to her law degree, Kim has a Master of Laws (Applied Law) majoring in Family Law, a Legal Executive Diploma and a Diploma in Psychology. Kim is also the Presiding Member of a Tauranga primary school Board.
Roebi Bidois
Law Clerk
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Before stepping into her current role as a law clerk, Roebi spent nearly five years as a legal secretary at a local Tauranga firm, juggling deadlines, decoding lawyer scribbles, and keeping the legal machine running smoothly.
In April 2024, Roebi graduated with her law degree before deciding to take a brief hiatus from the legal industry, diving into the world of financial advising.
While Roebi loved the hands-on nature of that work, she felt compelled to give “lawyering” a proper go. Since her return to law, Roebi has enjoyed the fast-paced environment, the ever-changing work, and the intellectual challenge.
Ella Tattersall
Law Clerk
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Before returning home to sunny Tauranga, to commence her role as a Law Clerk, Ella studied and worked in the South Island, graduating from the University of Canterbury. She enjoys the demanding and fast-paced nature of legal practice and the complex strategic thinking it requires.
Ella has a strong background in working and communicating with people from diverse backgrounds, and she values the relational aspect of legal practice.
She is particularly interested in civil litigation for its strategic depth and its capacity to achieve practical, outcome-focused solutions.
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info@fraundorfer.co.nz
07 929 7880
P O Box 1140, Tauranga 3144
Harrington House
Level 6
32 Harington Street
Tauranga, 3110
