Carnegie and Glen Huntly share postcode 3163 (along with parts of Caulfield East) and sit within the Glen Eira municipality, which has the highest Jewish population concentration of any local government area in Australia. The Carnegie Shule, Glen Huntly Shule and Hashomer Hatzair are part of the local infrastructure. The area has been a destination for younger Jewish families priced out of Caulfield proper, and the family law needs reflect that demographic.
Family law for Carnegie and Glen Huntly clients
Family law matters from this catchment skew toward younger families — parenting arrangements for primary-school-aged children, property settlements involving relatively recently purchased homes, and prenups and BFAs for first marriages. Jewish day school enrolment decisions (Beth Rivkah, Yeshivah, Bialik, Mount Scopus) come up frequently.
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Estate planning
Estate planning for the older Carnegie generation, often with halachic considerations, is also a regular part of the work from this catchment. Where children are spread across Melbourne, Sydney and Israel, careful drafting matters.
Jewish family law
Specialist Jewish family law service for Carnegie
Elisa Rothschild runs a dedicated Jewish family law practice covering civil divorce coordinated with the get, halachic prenuptial agreements, and Jewish wills and estates. The Melbourne Beth Din, the local Orthodox community and the major Jewish day schools are all part of the practical context she works in every day.
Read more about Jewish family law →Reviewed by Elisa Rothschild BA/LLB — Principal Lawyer, Fogarty Oliver Rothschild. Last reviewed 2026-05-22.