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Initiating applications for parenting orders (family law): Step by step guide
- 2 CPD Points
- Start Any Time
- Interactive
- Start from $249.00
- ID032_PSK
Course Overview
Equip yourself with the latest knowledge. This course has been updated to reflect the recent changes effective from 6 May 2024 concerning the Family Law Amendment Act 2023 and the Family Law (Information Sharing) Act 2023.
In family law practice, clients who are going through a separation will seek advice about how they can sort out parenting arrangements for a child, including who that child will live with, who the child will spend time with and when, communications with the other parent, and other decisions about the care of the child. Knowing how to advise and guide these clients according to the law and best-practice principles, is fundamental to being a good family lawyer.
This course guides you through the steps of organising arrangements for children and making an application for parenting orders in appropriate circumstances.
At the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Advise a client on the law about children and an application for a parenting order
- Explain the processes including mandatory family dispute resolution (FDR), pre action procedures and the court process and the consequences of failing to comply with a parenting order
- Carry out the procedural steps to make or oppose an application for parenting orders
- Identify the information and documents to give the client and the information to seek from the client at the first client interview
You’ll gain the skills you need to be the best family lawyer you can be for parenting matters.
The course contains content that falls within the mandatory CPD categories of Professional Skills and Substantive Law.
Course Structure
- Getting started
- Types of parenting arrangements and orders
- Engaging in Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) and pre-action procedures
- Preparing an application for parenting orders
- Family violence, notice of risk and contraventions
- Parenting plans and consent orders
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