Parenting Arrangements at Christmas Post Separation. Christmas is a time for joy, love and sharing. If this is your first Christmas post-separation, here’s a few tips to ensure your parenting arrangements at Christmas allow you nd your family a...
Parenting Arrangements at Christmas Post Separation. Christmas is a time for joy, love and sharing. If this is your first Christmas post-separation, here’s a few tips to ensure your parenting arrangements at Christmas allow you nd your family a happy holiday season.
Parenting Arrangements at Christmas should allow you and your children to enjoy the festive season!
Ensuring parenting arrangements at Christmas allows the festive season to remain a merry time for you and your kids, post-separation.
Christmas pre-separation, its synonymous with excitement, happiness, and probably Santa. Christmas post-separation, brings a whole new category of synonyms. They don’t have to be negative, but without the right planning and discussions, it can end up being a time full of turmoil.
There are multiple avenues to consider when discussing parenting arrangements at Christmas with your former partner for time with the children on Christmas Day. The most common arrangements are:-
A time-sharing arrangement. An example would be the children spend 9:00am on Christmas Eve to 12:00pm on Christmas Day with one parent and 12:00pm on Christmas Day to 5:00pm on Boxing Day with the other parent; or An alternate year arrangement. An example would be that the children spend the entirety of Christmas Day with one parent in any year ending in an even number and with the other parent in all years ending in an odd number.Both have their pros and cons. You need to work out what works best for you and for your children.
Consider:-
Do you like to go away over Christmas? Will either of the above arrangements affect your Christmas traditions? Do you live close to your former partner? Is travelling for a changeover on Christmas Day practical? Do your children have daily routines/requirements that can’t be skipped on Christmas Day? Will this affect changeover times?First and foremost, consider how your children will cope with either of the arrangements.
Consider putting a proposal forward in writing to your former partner setting out exactly how parenting arrangements at Christmas could work and ask for your former partner’s opinion and requested changes on your proposal. Negotiate from there.
If you still can’t reach an agreement or if it is better for you to correspond through a lawyer, contact us and we will be happy to prepare a letter to your former partner setting out your proposal and settle an agreement.
Contact our child custody lawyers Brisbane and our child custody lawyers Brisbane Northside for advice concerning any area of family law, whether for parenting arrangements or for property division. We aim to assist our clients to reach agreement with their former partner without going to Court. If however court action is necessary, we have the experience to represent you at Court.
The information set out in this blog is not a substitute for legal advice. We recommend that you obtain advice tailored to your particular circumstances from LGM family lawyers Brisbane.
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