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Free Download – The Red Flag Checklist

Are you questioning whether your relationship is healthy? Sometimes we dismiss concerning behaviours or rationalise them away, especially when we're emotionally invested.

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Separation Budget Planner

A pre-separation budget can be a valuable tool during a difficult time. It can help you clearly understand your financial situation and plan for the future.

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Pool of Assets Calculator

We understand that dividing assets and liabilities during a separation can feel overwhelming. This calculator gives you a simple starting point.

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Mediation Guide

Mediation Tips: Separation and divorce can be difficult, stressful, emotional and expensive. Even amicable couples may need assistance to disentangle finances and parenting.

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Do I Qualify for Legal Aid?

If you need a lawyer for ongoing legal help or to represent you in court and you don’t have enough money to pay, check to see if you are eligible for Legal Aid.

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What is Domestic Violence?

Domestic violence includes a wide range of behaviours usually between current or former partners, typically where one partner tries to control or dominate the other, or cause them to fear for their own, their children…

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DV Trauma Can Lead to PTSD

Abuse can take many forms — physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, verbal abuse, financial/economic abuse, coercive control, and psychological actions or threats.

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Broken Heart Syndrome

You may have experienced a 'broken heart' but is it 'broken'? Broken heart syndrome is a heart condition often brought on by stressful situations and extreme emotions.

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Non Judgmental Listening

When you're trying to be there for someone, it's important to maintain a positive attitude and open mind. Here are tips to be an effective nonjudgmental listener.

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Top Tips for Blended Families

If you are part of a blended family, you know that whilst it can be so wonderful, it can present a unique set of legal considerations and potential relationship challenges.

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Are They Gaslighting Me?

Are you often thinking your mind is playing tricks on you? You may be the victim of gaslighting — a serious form of emotional, psychological abuse.

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De Facto Relationships in Australia

De facto relationships can be extremely varied and there is no set checklist of factors to prove that a couple is living in a de facto relationship, but the following is usually taken into consideration when assessing…

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Telling Your Partner You Want a Separation or Divorce

Regardless of who has made the decision or how your relationship has been to date, telling your partner that you want a separation or divorce is likely to be one of the most difficult, painful and memorable conversati…

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Walking is my New Health Hero

Ok, so anyone who knows me, knows I like to do things quickly and walking has always seemed too slow to be a good form of cardio or weight loss exercise. However, after a recent back injury I was compelled to give it…

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Divorce and Inheritances

Whether or not an inheritance is to be considered part of the pool of assets of a marriage, is looked at by the Court on a case-by-case basis.

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Post Separation Abuse

In many cases of post separation abuse, victims report there had been very few signs, if any, of abusive behaviour and/or coercive control throughout the relationship until the decision was made to separate. This is p…

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Family Reports in Legal Proceedings

A Family Report is used to provide a court with an independent assessment of a family law dispute. It offers an independent, expert view of the issues surrounding the parental dispute, which assists the court in makin…

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Are You Able to Co-Parent?

Experts suggest that co-parenting is the ideal framework and ultimately in the child’s best interests, but they also recognise that it takes a lot of energy and commitment from both parents to make it work and it may…

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Emergency Support and Key Resources

Provides emergency support such as Police, Fire and Ambulance services

What is the Advantage of Using a Mortgage Broker?

Even if your finances are well organised, the uncertainty around buying, upgrading or refinancing a home can be difficult, especially if you are going through a family separation/divorce or family member’s death.

The Four Key Changes to the Australian Family Law Act

There are a number of amendments that will alter the Family Law Act and change the way the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia approach parenting matters. The Family Law Amendment Act 2023 sets out new laws…

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Are you stuck in a difficult, empty or even toxic relationship? Perhaps you have been toying with this question for years but you never quite find the definitive answer to shift firmly one way or another.

Is Stonewalling Affecting Our Relationship?

Even the healthiest relationships will have some conflict from time to time but it is how you handle those disagreements that can determine whether it helps or harms your relationship.

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Kids Surviving Separation

Kids need hope, love and support during separation and they need the adults in their lives to step up for them. Parents often think they are doing all they can in their child’s best interests but sometimes some of the…

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Separating? Update Your Will Now

I know it is probably the last thing you are considering right now amongst all the other issues you are dealing with during your separation, but there are a number of key documents which you should seriously consider…

Economic Abuse Awareness Day

It often occurs in the context of intimate partner violence, and involves the control of a partner or ex-partner’s money and finances, as well as the things that money can buy.

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Divorce and Family Business Assets

When relationships break down, the division of assets can become a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true when a family-owned business is involved.

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Avoiding Common Family Law Mistakes

Going through a Separation can be one of the most harrowing experiences in your life. You can experience grief, overwhelm, and confusion. Here are five common mistakes made by people, especially in the earlier stages…

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How Can a Separation and Divorce Coach Help Me?

A Separation and Divorce Coach is someone who cares about YOU, works alongside YOU as you make decisions about your separation and divorce. We know our approach saves our clients a lot of stress, time, and money!

Could Your Previous Spending Be Added Back?

Dividing assets – could your historical or current spend be added back?