Co-parenting
Shared care, handovers, and communication across two households.
Kids
Shared care arrangements in Australia: week on/week off, 5/2 and what the percentages mean
Week on/week off, 2-2-5-5, 5/2 and alternate weekends, converted into nights and care percentages, with what each does to child support and Family Tax Benefit.
Co-parenting
Co-parenting apps: do you actually need one, and what they're really for
Co-parenting apps promise to fix communication with a difficult ex, but their real value is usually the record they create, not the relationship they repair. What they're good for and what they're not.
Co-parenting
Moving in together: when your new partner meets your kids (and your ex finds out)
A new partner moving in changes more than your living room. What actually shifts legally, how to pace introducing them to the kids, and how to tell your ex without starting a war.
Co-parenting
When both of you bring kids into a new relationship: the blended-family reality
Blending two households with kids from previous relationships is a different challenge to introducing one new partner. The sibling dynamics, the discipline question, and the pace that actually works.
Co-parenting
What to do if your ex cuts off communication entirely
What to do when your ex stops communicating about children or admin: keep records, use structured channels, understand escalation and avoid panic decisions.
Legal
How to prepare for mediation: what to organise in the week before
A practical mediation preparation guide for separated parents: documents, issues, children, money, proposals, scripts and what to avoid in the week before family dispute resolution.
02-Stabilise
What to write down after separation: what to document and what’s overkill
A practical separation documentation guide: what records matter, what is overkill, how to structure notes and when to document instead of replying.
Co-parenting
Communication with a difficult ex: how to use the BIFF method
A practical BIFF communication guide for separated parents: brief, informative, friendly and firm messages, with examples and documentation rules.
Legal
Going to family court for the first time: what will actually happen
A practical first-court-date guide for Australian family law matters: what the first event is for, what to bring, what an ICL does and what not to expect.
Kids
The first solo week with the kids: how to actually run the house alone
The first solo week with the kids is not about becoming a perfect parent. It is about food, school, sleep, handover, house rules and a repeatable rhythm.
Legal
Mediation failed. Now what?
What happens after family dispute resolution fails in Australia, including Section 60I certificates, exemptions, consent orders, legal advice and preparing for court.
06-Australia
The plain-English glossary of separation terms
At some point in the first few weeks, someone sends you a letter — a lawyer, a mediator, Services Australia — and it's full of words that almost