Who do the children live with? How much time will they spend with each of you? Working out the details of the care of children, as well as protecting their rights, after a relationship ends is tough. And often, dads are not well prepared. 

And if it's not hard enough working out how they’ll spend time with each of you from week to week, there are details to work out about Christmas Day, school holidays, birthdays...  

Decisions you make now will impact how effectively you can protect your children's rights going forward. You should fully inform yourself before making decisions, as they will have lasting implications for protecting your children's rights.

From a legal perspective: children have rights and parents have responsibilities. Witholding a child from a parent is denying them their rights. And a court will put orders in place to protect your children's rights. 

Both you and your ex should share the responsibility of making major decisions in your children's lives. However, often mother's take a take this on by default, leaving father's to scramble to catch up.

Decisions around education, health, even religion should be discussed and agreed upon. Most important is making sure the children have regular time with each of their parents.

Sometimes, you and your ex can sort these things out yourselves. You decide who the kids live with and how you’ll share time. But if you can't agree, that’s where things like Family Dispute Resolution or Mediation come in. This process will help you both to negotiate a plan that protects your children's rights. However, if that doesn’t work out, you have the option to go to court to apply for Parenting Orders that protect your children's rights.

At Full Circle Legal, we specialise in helping dads get a fair go, in pre-court negotiations, at mediation, and in the Fedral Family Court.

At Full Circle Legal we specialise in representing fathers. That means we know when when the other parent is being genuine in putting the children's intrests first, or if they using the children as pawns in a game that you can never win.

We have strategies on how to combat delay tactics when they are being used to ensure your children's rights are fully protected.