Talking Child Development Episode #18   Mindful Separation and Divorce Without Court In this podcast I speak with Mary Louise Hatch, a collaboratively trained family lawyer, mediator, and family dispute resolution practitioner. We discuss her work with parents...

Draft Order for the Appointment of Mary Louise Hatch as Parenting Coordinator Interim Order / Final Order 1. That within [X] days of these Orders the parties do all things necessary to jointly appoint and retain Parenting Coordinator Mary Louise Hatch (the Parenting...

When you and your partner decide to separate, it is natural to worry about how your children will respond to changes in the family dynamic and living environment. This is an age appropriate guide for emotionally supporting your children whilst you navigate separation....

The benefits of non-litigious dispute resolution processes are well established. As a course of action for remedying conflict, non-adversarial methods are steadily gaining acceptance not only as viable practice, but perhaps as best practice. Processes like mediation,...

Happy clients are good for business and mediation seems to make clients happy. This is because mediation produces an even more satisfactory outcome than a “good” litigation! Mediation has a lot going for it. The process is efficient, confidential and inexpensive. It...

Family Law matters often centre around clients who are witnessing and experiencing high conflict or abusive behavior. Family violence is often present, and toxic, manipulative personalities are not uncommon. Lawyers that work on these kinds of matters are highly...

A new report published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies has pushed for greater participation of children in Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) Practice.[1] The report urges family professionals, including lawyers, mediators, counsellors and other family...