December 2023

Christmas does not mean supervised time has to stop

December 8th, 2023|

Holding Hands, a supervision service, has confirmed that it has availability for Christmas Day in the Sydney Metro, Inner West and Eastern Suburbs areas for three 1-3 hour visits and in the Western Suburbs, South-Western Suburbs and Northwest Sydney for two 1-3 hour visits. Supervised changeovers remain available Sydney-wide and there [...]

October 2023

Plenty of time to organise Christmas? Think again!

October 26th, 2023|

You might think you have plenty of time to make Christmas arrangements including holidays and time with children, but think again! The period leading up to Christmas can be difficult especially if you have recently separated or arrangements for your children’s time with you are unclear or susceptible to unilateral [...]

September 2023

Congratulations Anita

September 19th, 2023|

We are delighted to announce that Anita Petrovic is now an Associate of the firm. Congratulations Anita on this well deserved recognition of the contribution you make to the firm!

July 2023

Start your Christmas parenting arrangements now!

July 5th, 2023|

You might think you have plenty of time to make Christmas arrangements including holidays and time with children, but think again! The period leading up to Christmas can be difficult especially if you have recently separated or arrangements for your children’s time with you are unclear or susceptible to unilateral change [...]

December 2022

It is not a day for kids really – is it?!

December 2nd, 2022|

This is a hilarious punchline from a Christmas special from the Royle Family.  Most people immediately see the humour in the sheer ridiculousness of the comment – of course Christmas is a day for children. So much preparation goes into ensuring arrangements are perfect and the day [...]

September 2022

Fur Babies in Property Cases

September 29th, 2022|

In the recent Full Court case of Grunseth & Wighton, the Appeal Court dealt with how a pet would be treated in the context of a de facto relationship property settlement. In its decision, the Court said: As much as it will pain pet lovers, animals are property and are to be [...]

August 2022

I’m Leaving Everything to the Old Dogs Home!

August 1st, 2022|

Comments like the title to this blog are often said as a joke when people are having an often difficult discussion about what they want to do with their property when they die. While you can in fact leave everything to the old cats and dogs home, that is not [...]

November 2021

Gifts From The Greyhounds

November 26th, 2021|

With just four weeks to go until Christmas, consider a gift that gives so much more... Greyhound Rescue have Christmas gifts galore on their website, and every purchase helps rehabilitate ex-racing greyhounds and to find new homes for these lovely doggos. Visit the Greyhound Rescue online store and follow them [...]

How can you rescue a ruined Christmas?

November 19th, 2021|

Don’t let Christmas be ruined for you and your kids.  It is quite common for issues to arise in the lead up to Christmas.  These can include: Your ex changing their mind about arrangements without consultation. The absence of Orders which set clear boundaries. A parent deciding that they will [...]

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