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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[...]

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[...]

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.[...]

by brightside
Posted on January 29, 2018
in Change, Co-parenting, Court, family law, New beginnings

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[...]

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[...]