Tag: Parenting Orders

Christmas school holidays
Child inclusive mediation, Mediation, Parenting

Christmas school holidays parenting deadline

The Christmas school holidays can be exciting times for families.  But if you haven’t been able to work out how the kids will spend time with each parent over Christmas, it can also be stressful.  How can I get time with my kids over the Christmas holidays? Each year, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia deal with applications for parenting time.  And each year, they set a deadline of the second Friday in November for an application to be filed for the Christmas school holidays.  If you don’t file by then, you miss the deadline and may not […]

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COVID 19 Coronavirus, Parenting

School holidays extended due to COVID. Who gets the extra time with the kids?

With the Queensland school holidays extended and the return to school delayed due to the high rates of COVID in the state, many separated parents are faced with working out who will have the care of the children during those extra one or two weeks.   The answer about what to do will depend on a range of factors If you do not have Orders or a Parenting Plan who gets the extra time with the children? If you have a reasonably amicable co-parenting relationship then you and your co-parent will hopefully be able to work this out without too much […]