Joint Parental Responsibility and Medical Treatment

Apr 9, 2025

If you have a Court Order or Parenting Plan that states that yourself and your ex-partner have ‘Joint Parental Responsibility’ or ‘Joint Decision-Making Responsibility’ for your children, this means that yourself and your ex-partner must take all reasonable steps to confer and agree on long term decisions for the children. These types of decisions include,...

Avoiding The Snowball Effect

Mar 26, 2025

The golden rule in coparenting is that effective communication is crucial. It can be tempting to ignore or delay replying when...

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Parenting Coordination and Family Law Parenting Orders

Mar 5, 2025

After lengthy legal proceedings to obtain Parenting Orders, it can be disheartening for parents when one parent continues to act in...

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What happens if one parent wants to move away?

Feb 20, 2025

It’s not uncommon for a recently-separated parent to want to move away with the children and often the reasons include wanting...

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Managing High Conflict Parenting Disputes

Feb 5, 2025

A common feature in many parenting disputes is that either or both parents find themselves in perpetual and recycling states of...

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Maintenance During Pregnancy

Nov 6, 2024

It’s no secret that having a baby is a very expensive decision both in the short and long term. Time spent...

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The Benefits in Settling

Oct 2, 2024

In the Court’s most recently available end of financial year report, the Brisbane Registry topped the country in Divorce Applications despite...

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