Whether you are just recently separated or already have a parenting plan or orders, we’ve gone through all the issues that you may face over the school holidays and christmas period. Lyn, a family lawyer of 35 years experience talks through all the situations she has faced for her clients and how you can deal with them yourselves to ensure that the kids have a wonderful school holiday and you and your co parent don’t end up fighting and in court. Touching on the four different personality types including High Conflict, Manipulative and Controlling (narcissistic behaviours) , Amicable and Avoidant and how best to navigate the holiday season during the tricky time of separation and divorce.

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Other podcast episodes mentioned in this episode

Christmas and Custody Arrangements 2021 Episode

Creating your own parenting agreement

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• What does the spirit of the orders mean?

• What can you do if you don’t have court orders about christmas?

• How can you create a parenting plan for Christmas holidays?

• What types of arrangements can be made for holiday time in parenting agreement

• Avoidant ex and christmas holidays

• Can the court make your ex take the kids for school holidays when they are refusing?

• How to try to keep the other co parent involved in your kids life if they don’t want to be involved for christmas.

• What happens if your co parent refuses to take time off work to help look after the kids in the school holidays?

• What do you do if you can’t get your ex to agree on school holiday arrangements?

• What does school gazetted holidays mean?

• What defines school holidays for family court orders?

• What types of arrangements does the family court make?

• How do you ensure you can have a christmas phone call with your kids if you don’t have them on christmas day?

• What things manipulative and controlling narcissistic ex’s do over the christmas period with your kids.

• How can you stop your coparents family from trash talking to you or your family at christmas time?

• What orders can you seek to stop trash talking to the children?

• What is a Pop parenting course and how can it help you or your manipulative coparent. 

• What if the co parent won't let your child take the christmas presents from one house to the other.

• How to avoid conflict at christmas with your co parent

• Can you get someone else to do the handover for Christmas?

• What do you do about the elf on the shelf during christmas between your co parent and you?

• Christmas photos with Santa should you go twice if you are separated?

• Christmas traditions and how to keep them going after separation and divorce.

• Why is it important to be clear with the holiday arrangements?

• The case of Rice and Asplinand why it’s important to get your christmas holiday orders right.

• Can you ask the court to help make christmas traditions continue?

• Can you ask the court to order that the children be allowed to visit family over christmas?

If you need emergency help you can also contact:

• WOMEN'S SHELTER SERVICE 
• LEGAL AID
• Lifeline 13 11 14
• Mensline Australia 1300 789 978
• Kids Help Line 1800 551 800
• Aboriginal Family Domestic Violence Hotline 1800 019 123
• Relationships Australia 
• Police on 000
• DVConnect Womensline on 1800 811 811 (24 hours, 7 days a week) Note: This number is not recorded on your phone bill
• DV Connect Mensline on 1800 600 636
• National DV line on 1800 737 732.1800RESPECT 1800 737 732

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Please note this is general advice only. Please always seek independent legal advice as everyone’s situation is different.