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Approaching Father's Day after Separation
Navigating Father's Day after a separation can be challenging, but with these helpful tips, you can approach the day with clarity and create meaningful connections with your children.
Key findings from research into ‘The meaning of home for children and parents after parental separation’
It’s known that parental separation is likely to result in big changes in home arrangements for children and young people, yet until recently, how children and young people think about ‘home’ after parental separation has remained unexplored in research and here are the key findings.
What is a Parenting Plan?
A Parenting Plan is a written agreement between parents who are separated for the care of their children. The Parenting Plan can include agreements about….
A Family Violence Intervention Order Without Admission
When a party agrees to an FVIO without making admissions, they are agreeing to the FVIO and the conditions, however, they are not agreeing to the allegations made in the application to get the FVIO. The family member that applies for the FVIO raises various allegations against the other family member and it is those allegations that are not being admitted.
Can my child decide which parent to live with?
There is a common misconception in separating families that once children reach a certain age, they are able to choose which parent to live with. While children’s views are of course important to parents, if parents are not able to reach agreement about their children’s living arrangements, the Court will ultimately make the decision and the children’s views will be only one factor which is taken into account in that decision.