What happens if you or your coparent have mental health issues. How do you navigate divorce and family court proceedings whilst dealing with mental health issues? Mental health has been identified as a hidden epidemic. It impacts many people going through divorce. This episode covers how the family court views mental health and how it deals with it in court orders. We also discuss what you can do to assist yourself and your children when mental health issues arrise in your divorce proceedings. 

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You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• How the court deals with treated and untreated mental health conditions

• How mental health is considered in property settlement in the family court

• How mental health is considered in parenting orders in the family court

• What happens if mental health issues are impacting on the children

• Parentification and how the court tries to avoid it

• When it is important to show a mental health management plan

• What to do if your ex says you are crazy

• What to do if you have a mental health condition during court proceedings

• Why it’s not a good idea to hide your mental health condition in family court (general advice only)

• Why do you need to take care of your mental health even more than normal during divorce proceedings? 

• What kind of things can you put in consent orders to support the mental health of the children or the parents?

• What things are put in court orders by judges to safeguard the parents mental health whilst parenting. 

• What kind of orders to seek to ensure that your co parent is getting the right treatment for their mental health into the future.

• Why supervised time can be considered if the mental health issue is a major concern. 

• How to negotiate with someone with mental health issues during your divorce.

• Why to make sure you don’t trigger your ex in negotiation letters.

• Mental health and children during divorce

• How to encompass the children’s mental health in your parenting agreement

• Why it’s a good idea to notify the school of your separation or divorce. 

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. 

Are you being bombarded by legal letters from your ex or their lawyer? In this episode we will be discussing what steps you can take and the five important things to look at when, why to respond, how to respond and when to respond or if to respond to the letters at all. 

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You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• How are legal letters presented in family court

• How to determine when to respond to a letter

• How many letters is normal

• Do you need to stick to their legal letter deadlines for response

• Setting up healthy boundaries 

• Why you should respond to anything that refers to any section of the Family Law Act under section 60cc

• Why you should respond to anything that refers to any section of the family law act 79 for property. 

• When to expect a flurry of legal letters

• Can you add a deadline to your legal letter?

• How to deal with unreasonable deadlines in letters

• How to be firm in responding to legal letters or your ex’s letter

• Will your letters be read out in family court by the judge. 

• Domestic violence and communication with your ex during divorce proceedings. 

• How to keep costs down if being bombarded by legal letters. 

• How to check in legal letters if they are projecting

• Narcissists and legal letters 

• Why you need to be vigilant with legal letters so you don’t miss something really important. 

• Why setting up a new email address might be the best idea for you in your divorce. 

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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Whether you are in family court right now or just sorting out your divorce, custody and property settlement in mediation, this is the single, simplest thing you can do to help your case, keep down your costs and save yourself hours of time later looking for dates and documents. Lyn Galvin a family lawyer with over 35 years experience gives her tips on how to arrange your own chronology. She explains why it is important to keep it updated and what documents and court events you would need it for. Don’t leave yourself scrambling later trying to find all the information you wish you had documented. Listen to this latest Divorce Podcast episode and thank us later.

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You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• What court documents need a chronology

• Why does your mediation need a chronology

• Why do final trials in family court need a chronology

• How can you save fees with a family lawyer

• How a chronology creates a narrative for your case

• What a lawyer will do the first time you meet

• How to save on costs in legal fees

• How to do some of the legal work yourself in divorce

• Documenting domestic violence and coercive control

• Documenting important information for property settlement

• Documenting important information for Children’s Matters

• How to create a chronology

• What your lawyer wish you had done before you go for your first visit.

• What you will wish you had done to make life easier for you in your divorce.

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. 

Are you about to enter the Family court system? Have you been threatened with costs? Have you been asked to pay your ex’s legal fees? Has your lawyer mentioned a Calderbank offer? Are you just confused about the mention of costs in all your legal letters? Well this episode is for you. In this episode Lyn Galvin, a family law specialist of 35 years guides through what costs are, when they are ordered, why and how the court uses costs in the family law system for children’s custody matters and for property settlement. This is general advice only. Always seek independent legal advice as every persons situation is different. 

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You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• What are costs?

• Why might you be ordered to pay someones costs?

• Why is a cost order sort by people in the family court?

• What is a calderbank offer?

• How are calderbank offers used in parenting and property matters in the family court?

• When should you worry about costs

• What does the court use costs for?

• What are the costs implications if you are self represented

• When are costs ordered?

• What kind of things you need to watch out for so you don’t end up paying your ex’s legal costs. 

• The Family Court of Australia and Costs

• Why lawyers put a cost order at the bottom of their orders sort

• Why making an offer to your ex during family court proceedings could help you later on after a trial. 

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. 

Has your ex just filed documents in court for the first time about property or children’s orders? Have you been given a big bundle of documents called Initiating Application? Do you need to fill out and file a response to initiating application form? Do you think that will be the next step your ex will take? Then this episode is for you. We discuss what is involved in the process of responding to initiating court proceedings in the family court of australia. We talk through the current requirements and documents you will need to fill out and the timeline required to do it in. Please note this is general advice only. Please always seek independent legal advice as everyone’s situation is different. 

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Response to Initiating Application Form

You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• What does an initiating application in the family court mean?

• How long do I have to respond to the initiating application

• What do I have to do to respond to my ex’s court application

• What is a Parenting Questionnaire?

• How do I write an affidavit in response to my ex’s

• What happens next in court once they’ve filed

• How do I file my court documents?

• What is the court portal

• How do I find my court file number?

• How do I fill in a response to initiating application form?

• When should I see a lawyer

• Can I fill in the documents myself

• What does Interlocutory orders sought by you the respondent mean

• Who is the respondent?

• Who is the applicant?

• Why do I need to tell the family court about domestic violence orders?

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

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on the next practical steps and guide to your divorce or de facto separation coming soon. And, if you’ve found this episode helpful, please leave a rating and a review so it can help others. Thank you. 

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

Are you in an amicable divorce where everything is going swimmingly? In this episode we are going to identify when an amicable relationship during property settlement or children's matters can go wrong. We are going to show you how to identify it and what you can do about it to avoid troublesome divorce issues. This episode will help you identify the pitfalls and red flags in an amicable divorce and how you can navigate your property settlement or children’s orders and divorce fairly.

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Episodes referred to you can listen to next

Separated under one roof podcast episode

Coercive Control podcast episode

Avoidant Divorce Podcast Episode

DIY Disclosure Podcast Episode

Moving Out once you've decided to divorce Podcast Episode

You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• What is an amicable divorce

• What are the red flags in an amicable divorce

• What is financial control

• What is coercive control

• What happens in the space between separation and divorce

• Financial Agreements

• Property Settlement and what to look out for

• Parenting agreements and what to look out for

• Amicable divorce: the pitfalls to avoid

• What happens to the money after you sell the house in a divorce?

• When you should see a lawyer during an amicable divorce

• What are consent orders?

• Can you go back to the court and get consent orders changed?

• Who moves out once you’ve decided to separate

• Finding out what you are entitled to

• Are you afraid to rock the boat with your ex?

• How to ensure you set yourself up financially in your property settlement fairly for your future. 

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

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on the next practical steps and guide to your divorce or de facto separation coming soon. And, if you’ve found this episode helpful, please leave a rating and a review so it can help others. Thank you. 

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

Has your family law court case been appointed an ICL or Independent Children’s Lawyer?  Have you heard your lawyer or the court mention a potential ICL in your case? Are you about to enter the family court world and you are trying to sort parenting plans or parenting orders. Well this episode is for you. Listen to Lyn, a family lawyer specialist of 35 years and a past independent children’s lawyer, will explain and share with you the facts that may help support you and your children through this journey. 

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Resources referred to in this episode

Video to show to kids if and only if they are seeing an ICL

Information about RE: K

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 60CC

Episodes referred to you can listen to next

Subpoena Podcast Episode 

Affidavit Podcast Episode

You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• What is an ICL

• What is an independent children’s lawyer

• What does an ICL do?

• When does an an independent children’s lawyer become involved

• What are the myths about ICL?

• When might a judge appoint an independent children’s lawyer

• Why might a judge appoint an independent children’s lawyer

• Kay & Kay Case and why it applies to the ICL

• How much weight does an independent children’s lawyer have in your case for judgement?

• How much does an ICL cost

• What is the process an ICL might follow in the Family Court of Australia

• What can an independent children lawyer do?

• Consent orders and an ICL

• Mediation and independent children’s lawyer

• The downside and upside of having an ICL in your family court case

• How to best prepare your child if they are going to have to meet their independent children’s lawyer

• How to write an affidavit to make the ICL pay attention to your point of view

• Affidavits and independent children’s lawyers

• How to manage the ICL and a high conflict divorce 

• How to manage the ICL with a manipulative or controlling narcissistic ex

• How to manage the ICL with an avoidant ex

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

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on the next practical steps and guide to your divorce or de facto separation coming soon. And, if you’ve found this episode helpful, please leave a rating and a review so it can help others. Thank you. 

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

No doubt you are given countless pieces of advice during your property settlement, parenting settlement or divorce. But we’ve picked the best pieces of advice that we wish everyone knew before getting their divorce and property settlement sorted. Learn from a family lawyer of 35 years experience and make your divorce journey a smoother one.

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You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• Social media and divorce

• How social media might be used in court and what to be aware of

• Why keeping it together is more important than you think in your divorce proceedings.

• Why getting help if you are not coping is so important

• Child support and divorce

• Trust accounts and property settlement

• Can you control when your ex meets their next partner?

• How to make sure you don’t let your property settlement or parenting matters drag on

• How to make sure your lawyer is working best for you

• What to do if you are worried if you get divorced you’ll have no money or be broke.

• Why is it important to get independent advice from a lawyer

• The best advice for property settlement

• The best advice for children’s matters

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

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on the next practical steps and guide to your divorce or de facto separation coming soon. And, if you’ve found this episode helpful, please leave a rating and a review so it can help others. Thank you. 

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

He said this, she said that, and no one in the family court  knows who to believe. This episode gets to the crux of the issue on what to do if your ex has written a court document, legal letter or affidavit that has something completely different to the truth or your recollection.

Lyn, a family lawyer of 35 years, discusses what you can do about it.

We will discuss what is important to prove wrong and not important to prove as lies.

We also cover in this episode how to prove they are telling lies. As well as what happens if your ex or you get caught out lying in court documents or while in the witness box. We also discuss what happens if your ex doesn’t get caught out. 

If you are going through the family court or about to have a mediation and your ex partner isn't being truthful listen to this episode that will guide you by one of the most experienced family lawyers in Queensland.

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Links Mentioned in the Episode

Future Needs Episode

Sorting Property Settlement Part Two Episode

Sorting Property Settlement Part One Episode

You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• What lies are important to disprove
• What lies are a waste of your time to disprove in an affidavit
• What to do if someone lies in their affidavit
• How to cope when someone tells lies in court or to their lawyer
• What happens if they lie in the witness box
• What do you do if your ex lies in their affidavit?
• How to respond to your ex partners affidavit?
• What kind of proof can you use for an affidavit?
• What happens if you don’t address or prove their lies in the court documents.
• How to find evidence for an affidavit 
• What to do for proof and evidence
• Why you might need someone else to write an affidavit to back up your truth.
• Recording, Voice Mail, Videos and how and if they can be used as proof?
• How to prove your coercive control or domestic violence
• Getting a print out of a police statement and using it in your affidavit.
• Do you get a chance to respond to an affidavit after you have already filed yours?
• How to see in Mediation what their arguments might be for trial if you don’t settle.
• What happens if they come up with new lies at the trial.
• What happens if you lie in court?
• What happens if you lie in an affidavit?
• What does credit mean in court?
• What does findings of credit mean in family court?
• What does your lawyer do if they find out you’ve made a mistake or lied in your affidavit or legal letter.
• Can you go to jail for lying in court
• How to word something in a court document if you cannot remember exactly what happened.
• What happens when you are in the witness box
• What is the best wording for your affidavit to counter the lies.
• When you should see a lawyer. 
• Narcissist and lying in court
• Manipulative and Controlling types and divorce affidavits
• Amicable divorce and lies

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

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on the next practical steps and guide to your divorce or de facto separation coming soon. And, if you’ve found this episode helpful, please leave a rating and a review so it can help others. Thank you. 

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

Click here to learn more about your DIY DIVORCE BLUEPRINT

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Links Mentioned in the Episode

Click here to listen to episode 6 Mediation 

Central Practice Direction – Family Law Case Management

You Don’t Want to Miss Out On

• What is an FDR?
• What is an FDRP?
• What is a conciliation conference
• What is a mediation?
• What is arbitration?
• What happens in an FDR?
• What happens in a property settlement mediation?
• What are you ordered to do a FDR or conciliation conference?
• What do you prepare to take to an FDR or mediation
• How much does a mediation or FDR or conciliation conference cost?
• What happens after mediation if you have not agreed on everything?
• What happens after an FDR if you have agreed on everything?
• How to approach mediation with a manipulative and controlling ex
• How to approach mediation with an avoidant ex
• How to approach mediation if your relationship is amicable
• How to do mediation with a high conflict ex partner?
• What is the certificate I get after doing an FDR?
• Who does FDR’s?
• What is a mediator?
• FDR and child custody

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

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on the next practical steps and guide to your divorce or de facto separation coming soon. And, if you’ve found this episode helpful, please leave a rating and a review so it can help others. Thank you. 

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