About The Family Lawyer

The Family Lawyer is Selina Trigg, principal of one of New Zealand’s largest specialist family law practices.

A self-confessed family law geek, I have been practicing exclusively in family law for over 15 years. I am lucky enough to still be able to say I never have a boring day in the office. Working with clients to resolve their family law issues and seeing the vibrant tapestry of human behaviour that I encounter each day never fails to fascinate me. I get to work alongside Family Law Results’ great team of enthusiastic lawyers and support staff and I spend a reasonable part of each day sharing ideas with them about the  progression of our clients’ matters. 

I split my working time between Family Law Results’ offices in  South Auckland and in the Central City but my clients are from throughout New Zealand and, thanks to technology,  elsewhere in the world. Being based in South Auckland, with its three busy Family Courts, gives me the opportunity to be involved in a wide array of family law issues. I undertake work for clients in all areas of family law including adoptions, parenting arrangements, family violence and family property issues.

While I enjoy litigation, I also am hugely inspired by and excited about the results that alternative dispute resolution can offer people going through a separation or family law issue. I am  a trained mediator and am on the Ministry of Justice’s list of approved mediators for Family Court disputes and an accredited member of the New Zeland Law Society’s panel of Mediators as a family law specialist. I am also a trained Collaborative Law Practitioner and am a member of the Collaborative Law Association of NZ.

Any time I have away from work is spent with my other great loves: my partner, my infant son and my two teenage stepchildren. Outside of work, one of my key strategies for winning friends and influencing people is to keep their stomaches happy with the results of my avicooking. If I am not in the kitchen or playing with my son, I am generally writing, reading (usually cook books!), watching movies, trying to move some home projects from ”inspired idea” to completion.

This blog gives me the opportunity to combine my enjoyment of family law with my enjoyment of writing. I hope it will inform you, give you a few “A-Ha” moments and give you an insight into why family law fascinates me so darn much,

Selina.

ps: You can read more about me and the rest of my team at Family Law Results at www.familylawresults.co.nz.