Family Dispute Resolution Resources

Our Family Dispute Resolution Resources will help you to prepare for Family Dispute Resolution with Interact Support.

Parenting and General Resources

Did you know that exposure to toxic stress as a child can limit your child's potential by causing structural changes in their brain? Resolving conflict in your family is one of the best things you can do for your child. Resources include:

• a guide to family dispute resolution
• the Interact Support Standard Family Dispute Resolution Agreement to Mediate
• the Interact Support Post Separation Parenting Guide
• the Interact Support Parenting Plan Worksheet
• Interact Support - Preparation for Legal Advice

 

Online Post Separation Parenting Course

New Ways for Families is a low-cost online post-separation parenting course with the option of individual or group coaching available. Find out more

Sections include

• General Information about the form and it's use as well as other resources
• Your Personal Information
• The other person's personal information
• Current Family Law needs and issues
• Safety
• Children
• Property (skip if not relevant or you have already completed your property settlement)
• What have you tried up to now, who else are you working with and where to from here

Topics include:

• General Information about Family Dispute Resolution
• What types of issues can I bring to FDR?
• Confidentiality and Inadmissibility
• When is FDR appropriate?
• Parenting Family Dispute Resolution
• Property Family Dispute Resolution

 Topics Include:

• Who will be involved in the mediation process and purpose of the session
• Confidentiality and Inadmissibility
• What the participants agree to do
• What the mediators agree to do
• Legal advice and self-determination
• If Agreement is and isn't reached
• The FDRP's qualifications, feedback and complaints
• Fees
• Groundrules and signature block

Contents Includes:

• Documentation of previous Parenting Plan or Court Orders
• The Parents and the Children
• Parenting Time with the Chidren
• Changeovers
• Children's schedule of Weekly extra-curricular activities
• Supervision of the children
• Other relationships
• School / daycare
• Schedule for School Holidays
• Special Days
• Safety Rules
• Religious upbringing
• Cultural heritage
• Parental behaviour and child development
• Medical
• Communication

Contents Include:

• Mandatory Family Dispute Resolution (FDR)
• Making parenting agreements enforceable
• Types of parenting arrangements
• Social media and the separated parent
• What the term "Best Interests of a Child" means in Family Law
• Mandatory information about Parenting Plans
• Shared Parental Responsibility and time with children
• Your responsibility to support your child
• Consent Orders
• The three Co-parenting styles
• Children's developmental needs
• The four parenting styles
• How Interact Support can help

Contents Include:

• Getting Advice
• Parenting
• Preparation Templates
• Property
• Preparation Templates
• Legal Advice recording templates

Contents Include:

• Why review your Parenting Order?
• What is a Parenting Plan?
• Can I do the same thing with my Property Orders?
• What is the legal status of a Parenting Plan?
• What can be included in a Parenting Plan?
• Parenting Plans, Child Support and Centrelink
• Can I include other things in my Parenting Plan?
• Post Separation Parenting help
• New Ways for Families
• Our Family Wizard
• How we can help
• What does it cost?
• Discounts and hardship provisions
• How to get started

A word of warning. There are some excellent books written overseas but remember that each countries family law system is unique. Information relevant to other countries may not be relevant in Australia so make sure that you access Australian Information or better yet book in for an Interact Consultation or Legal Advice and Strategy session. The New Ways for Families Post Separation Parenting Course also has information about the family law system and how to get a court to decide about your parenting if you and your co-parent can't work it out yourselves using mediation or negotiation strategies.

Property

These resources will help you if you have to work out the best way to divide up any assets and debts that you accumulated during your relationship or brought into the relationship.  

 

 Tabs Include:

• Introductions - Basic Principals for Financial Settlements
• Mediation Worksheet
• Agreement - For Orders
• How the court decides
• Discussion Points