Legal Parenting Arrangements for Separated Parents: Get Family Law Advice

Get expert legal advice on parenting arrangements. Book a meeting with a family lawyer who helps separated parents navigate parenting plans, consent orders, and Court matters in plain English.

Helping Separated Parents Create Legally Binding Parenting Arrangements

We work with separated parents who want to deal with the legal side of parenting, calmly, strategically, and without getting dragged into drama.

If you’re here to “win,” fight, still reacting to your ex emotionally or want to use the kids as leverage, we’re not the right fit for you.

We’re here to help people who want to focus on the best outcome for the children, and who want straightforward legal advice in plain English that they can follow to achieve legally enforceable parenting arrangements that serve the children’s best interests, not those acting on assumptions, or swayed by opinions and Facebook group advice.

Most People
Get Parenting Time Wrong

Parenting arrangements aren’t about what feels fair or what seems reasonable for the parents. They’re about what’s in the best interests of the child, based on evidence, not emotion.

Most people walk in with assumptions like:

“The mother always gets the children”
“50/50 is the default.”
“The Court will back me. They can see all the things I have to deal with and that I’m the better parent.”

None of those reflect how family law works. Family law doesn’t reward effort or feelings. It weighs evidence, risks, and what’s in the child’s best interests.

By the time most parents get legal advice, they’ve already made decisions that don’t align with what’s best for the children or what the law requires.

They’ve agreed to informal parenting arrangements that don’t hold up.

They’ve set patterns that are hard to walk back.

They’ve agreed to “temporary” arrangements that later get treated
as precedent.

They’ve agreed to promises that were never formalised, so when the other parent stops doing their part, there’s no way to enforce it, and they’re stuck picking up the slack.

They’ve relied on informal deals that fall apart the moment things
get hard.

Or they’ve taken advice from the non-legal professionals, friends, or Facebook, then expected the system to back them.

And in trying to “keep the peace”, they’ve sometimes agreed to things that work against the children or them in the long run.

We’re here
to help you avoid that.

We provide legal advice based on how parenting matters are actually decided, so you understand how the law applies to your situation, what arrangements a Court is likely to accept, and what steps support arrangements that are in the best interests of the children.

The Get-It-Dunn Parenting Process

STEP 01

Book a meeting and provide us with facts

Once your meeting is booked, you’ll receive our intake form. It must be completed before we meet, so your time with us won’t be wasted on giving us background.

Step 02

Meet with a Lawyer to Find Out Where You Stand and What Happens Next

You’ll get clear advice on how the law applies to your situation, what arrangements might be appropriate, and what steps to take or avoid, based on the current facts.

What We Cover in Your First Meeting

What the Family Law considers in parenting matters

Whether shared care is appropriate or even on the table

The difference between parenting plans, consent orders, and Court applications and when to use what

What to do before signing or agreeing to anything

What to expect if the other party won’t cooperate or tries to control contact

The real risks of waiting too long

What legal action looks like if you need to go down that route. It doesn’t always have to start and end in Court

STEP 03

You decide when to move

When you’re ready, we contact the other side with a clear, practical proposal that puts the kids first.

Practical Tools You’ll Get

01

Parenting Arrangements Checklist

Everything that needs to be covered in a solid, Court-compliant order

02

Legal Glossary (Plain English)

Understand the terms you’ll see in documents, affidavits, and proposals.  A way to decipher the jargon without guessing.

03

Legal Process Overview

A simple breakdown of how parenting matters actually work and can progress – From negotiations and mediation through to Court proceedings.