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.

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.

During the exciting early stages of a new relationship, no one stops to think about the legal status of their relationship. However, in some circumstances, it can be in your interests to consider whether you and your partner are in a de facto relationship and if you need to take any steps to proactively protect yourself in case you separate in the future.

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….

Spousal and de-facto maintenance is financial support paid by one partner to the other partner where the other partner cannot support themselves financially.

Separation can be a stressful and uncertain time and everyone around you has words of advice of what you should do and shouldn’t do, and it can be overwhelming. So to help you be prepared for the separation we have put together the following list of the 5 key considerations prior to separation. By addressing and planning for each of these points you will be well placed to then proceed with the legal separation.

When considering an adjustment of the parties (husband, wife or de facto) assets and liabilities, whether in a marriage or De Facto relationship, the Court considers the following 4 steps. This article goes into depth regarding each of the 4 steps.

The Federal government has now made an amendment to the Family Law Act 1975 (and corresponding amendments to the Taxation Administration Act 1953) so that from 1 April 2022, a request can be made for details of all the superannuation interests of a former partner.

A Canadian Court recently ordered that because a Father, whom shared care of the children with their Mother, refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19, he should not spend time with his three children.

The first day of school should be memorable for a child but not for the wrong reasons. A little planning beforehand will mean it can go smoothly and not end in tears. Read on for some suggested tips to help things go smoothly.

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.

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has approved the Pfizer vaccine as being safe for use in children aged 5 to 11 years. From 10 January 2022 children aged 5 to 11 years can now receive a vaccination against COVID19.

Whether or not a child should receive a vaccination is a parental responsibility decision. Generally speaking, both parents have and share parental responsibility for their children.