Communication

Improve communication with your ex-partner and children, learning techniques for respectful dialogue and resolving conflicts constructively.

Communication With Your Children

Perhaps you have been used to daily contact with your child or children. Post splitting with the ex this is very likely to change. When you are not with your...

How Visitation Rights Work For Fathers

As a father you want to stay in close touch with your children, even after you and your partner have separated. Obviously, the best and simplest way to do th...

Introducing a New Partner to Your Children

One of the most stressful things you can do as a separated father is to introduce your children to your new partner. You want everyone to like and accept eve...

Joint Projects to Help You Bond With Your Child

It’s not easy when you are separated from your child – for you or for them. When you are used to seeing each other every day, living apart can take a lot...

Mediation: What is it and is it For Me?

Mediation is when two or more parties meet to resolve problems before the matter reaches court. It is most often used in family proceedings, Contact Orders,...

Parental Responsibility: Have it? Need it? Get it.

What is Parental Responsibility? Parental responsibility is the right to have a say in decisions affecting your child's upbringing. It is important to note t...

Relationships With Your Ex-Partner

It can be very difficult maintaining good relations with your ex in the wake of a split. Feelings run high on both sides and often things are said that shoul...

Talking to Kids About Your Separation From Them

Separating from your partner is a hugely traumatic experience not just for you, but also for your children. They’ve been used to having two parents around,...

Talking to Your Child About You Having More Children

You can be the best parent in the world and keep a close bond with your kids after separation. They might even love your new partner, and thoroughly enjoy sp...

Unsupervised Contact: Taking Along Family Members

If you've been granted unsupervised contact by the court, can you take other family members with you? Can the courts or the other party stop you? Nobody acti...

What Happens If My Ex Keeps the Children Without My Consent?

The thought of your ex partner taking your children is the worst nightmare of many parents, and so if it happens, understandably it is a very emotional and s...

What Organisations Help With Rights for Dads?

All too often, separated and divorced fathers feel they’re alone. Women have support groups of all kinds, but the men can seem left out in the cold. If the...

What to Do Between Contact Sessions

You have just dropped the children off, handed them back, and now you are looking forward to the next occasion when you can see the children. Rather than wai...