"When my 12-year marriage ended in 2023, I knew from the start that my situation was too complex for a simple online divorce kit. We had property, superannuation, complex financial arrangements—the kind of divorce that would definitely require court involvement and careful navigation.

But I also knew that paying lawyers $300-500 per hour to handle every step of the process would financially devastate me. I needed a middle path: comprehensive guidance that would teach me to handle my own complex case properly, without the crushing legal fees.

I searched everywhere for a detailed, step-by-step guide designed for Australians facing complex divorces. I wanted something that would walk me through every form, every deadline, every court requirement and every potential pitfall. I needed to understand the system well enough to represent myself competently.

That guide didn't exist.

So I had no choice but to figure it out myself, learning through trial and error, countless hours of research and piecing together information from multiple sources. I navigated the Commonwealth Courts Portal, mastered the property settlement process, learned the court procedures, and successfully completed my divorce—but it was unnecessarily difficult and stressful.

Throughout the process, I kept detailed notes of everything I learned, every step I took, every mistake I made, and every strategy that worked. I documented the entire journey because I realized other Australians would face the same problem I did: needing comprehensive guidance for complex divorces that simply wasn't available.

This guide is what I created from that experience—the complete, step-by-step system I desperately needed but had to build myself. It's everything I wish had existed when I started my divorce journey, now refined through helping hundreds of others successfully navigate their own complex cases.

I created this guide so you don't have to figure it out the hard way like I did."