Here are 7 coparenting tips so you can both win.
Easter is one of the toughest times to coparent but it doesn’t have to be awful and it doesn’t have to be win or lose. Easter and Christmas are some of the hardest times to coparent. The kids are super excited and both parents have time off and want to spend it with them. But[...]
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Mediation or Litigation?
Which will make your life better? We have written this blog because an article in The West this week stood out to us as a perfect example of the perils of litigation, how it can get very out of control very quickly, and how mediation could have saved everyone a lot of angst and a[...]
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Co parenting doesn’t have to be conflict parenting
There is no doubt co-parenting is one of the hardest things you will do but that doesn’t mean it has to be conflict parenting. Mediation is a great way to establish some ground rules so you both know where you stand and what is expected of you, it is also a good way for you[...]
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Mediation Meets The Need
Mediation pilot study shows 63% got a majority agreement, 76% got some agreement and 53% got total agreement. A one year study into the effectiveness of mediation in family disputes done by The Family Court of Western Australia has found that mediation meets the need of a majority of separating couples. Couples involved in the[...]
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Christmas Co-Parenting
4 tips to avoid Christmas co-parenting conflict with the Ex. Christmas is a funny time of year especially when it comes to co-parenting. Despite our best intentions the holidays have a way of degenerating into Christmas co-parenting conflict. If we are honest, we all love this time of year, but we also find ourselves getting[...]
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Not So Silent Night
Know your triggers, and other tips for dealing with family conflict If you type “family conflict at Christmas” in to Google you get well over 20 million opinions on how you should behave to avoid it, and that is just for the average extended family, it doesn’t even consider those who are separated or co-parenting[...]
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Smashed nest egg: Super is not just a women’s problem
Blokes are not super proof Let’s be very clear about this – superannuation, or lack there of, is not a women’s problem. If you are facing a divorce low superannuation balances are just as much as a problem for men, perhaps more so if they don’t realise just what is at stake. There’s a lot[...]
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What crisis? A way out of the Family Court mess
What crisis? A way out of the Family Court mess I read another article this week slamming the Family Court. It’s stressed to breaking point and in disarray. No surprise to anyone who has had to spend any time there. But what attracted my attention in this particular article was a statistic posted in the[...]
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New day, new start
It’s been a tumultuous week in Hewitt-Cohen land – professionally and personally. Running a business is often stressful and when work relationships fall over it can feel like a break-up of your own. Then there was this new website to launch. On top of that, if you are living in a household of teenagers[...]
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