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The Deal Is Off!
The global pandemic and how it effects existing property orders and childcare payments The Deal is off! Or is it? The onset of a global pandemic has wreaked havoc on all our lives but it has also wreaked havoc on all of our assets. House prices have changed, share prices have changed, superannuation balances have[...]
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Self-Conscious Uncoupling.
Gwyneth Paltrow has admitted that even she finds the term conscious uncoupling a little full of itself. In a recent article written for Vogue magazine she writes in depth about the now famous phrase. “I was intrigued, less by the phrase, but by the sentiment. Was there a world where we could break up and[...]
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New day, new start
It’s been a tumultuous week in Hewitt-Cohen land – professionally and personally. Running a business is often stressful and when work relationships fall over it can feel like a break-up of your own. Then there was this new website to launch. On top of that, if you are living in a household of teenagers[...]
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Different strokes for different folks: family time reinvented
When I was growing up my dad left home at 7.30 every morning and came home from work at 6 every night. Within 10 minutes of him getting home we’d all be sitting around the kitchen table eating dinner We’d talk about our day, laugh at Mum’s cooking, fight over second helpings and race to[...]
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Cousins and the court merry-go-round all over again
here are no winners when you fight family battles in court. Whatever you think of Ben Cousins, he made clear this week that he thinks his court appearances are down to the ongoing fight with his ex over their children. He sees the hole he is in as rock bottom in a bitter fight over access to his kids.[...]
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Progress not perfection
I listened to a man the other day who thought he was a pretty rubbish dad. He had always been nervous with his daughter – he dropped her when she was a baby, and one day he was holding her and she was burnt by the kettle. Set against a fractious marriage, when the time[...]
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They aren’t your kids, and you will lose them
Whatever your family situation, if you have children, they are your kids – plural. They have two parents and the law in Australia is very clear, both parents are equally entitled to a role in their children’s lives. They are not your kids – singular. If you take that line, which more and more judges[...]
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