A simple way to protect your children from being used as chess pieces in your divorce or de facto separation

Learn simple ways that you can protect your children from becoming chess pieces in the family court or divorce proceedings. Sometimes ex's change their idea of how much time they want to spend with the kids. These reasons could be genuine but sometimes it can be motivated by money. With these simple steps you can help protect your current arrangements for the children. Just in case in the future your divorce or de facto separation proceedings get nasty. Sometimes this includes wanting extra time with the kids so they get a bigger share of the property pool or finding out about child support and wanting to have more nights with the kids to reduce the child support amount. Explore this topic and learn about what happens if this gets to the family court and the best ways to protect you and your children before it comes to this.

Please note this is general advice only. Please always seek independent legal advice as everyone's situation is different.

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A simple way to protect your children from being used as chess pieces in your divorce or de facto separation

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• Is a parenting plan legally binding?

• What's the difference between consent orders and a parenting plan?

• How to protect your kids from becoming pawns in divorce proceedings.

• The court's view of parenting plans

• What people change their minds about time spent with the kids.

• When people decide to change time spent with the kids because of child support

• When your ex wants to punish you by changing parenting arrangements with the kids.

• When your ex can get a new partner and then want new time.

• The presumption of equal shared care

• The family court and new rules coming.

• Assumptions of Fathers in the Family Court

• Assumptions of Mothers in the Family Court

• How to write a simple parenting plan

• How to word a simple parenting plan

• How to decide where the children spend time and when

• What happens if your ex all of a sudden wants to become parent of the year.

• How does a judge look at parenting plans

• What does a parent plan do for you in the legal system

• What to watch out for if your ex is using the kids as a pawn in the family court

• How to protect yourself from accusations of alienation

• Is parental alienation real?

• How to protect yourself from child support changes

• What other things you can do to protect yourself from potential fight in the family court

• What you should do if you don't have a documented plan

• What if your ex says you are a bad parent

• What to look out for in actual divorce documents if you have a manipulative and controlling ex.

• How to protect the kids from post separation abuse

If you need emergency help you can also contact:

• WOMEN'S SHELTER SERVICE

• LEGAL AID

• Lifeline 13 11 14

• Mensline Australia 1300 789 978

• Kids Help Line 1800 551 800

• Aboriginal Family Domestic Violence Hotline 1800 019 123

• Relationships Australia

• Police on 000

• DVConnect Womensline on 1800 811 811 (24 hours, 7 days a week) Note: This number is not recorded on your phone bill

• DV Connect Mensline on 1800 600 636

• National DV line on 1800 737 732.1800RESPECT 1800 737 732

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Please note this is general advice only. Please always seek independent legal advice as everyone's situation is different.