“I’d be lying if I said I saw it coming,” says Emma*. “We were busy parents and professionals. We didn’t really argue. There were ups and downs, but nothing that said ‘unhappy’.”..

Exorbitant housing costs are preventing split couples from making a clean break – more than one in 10 Aussies say they’ve had to live with an ex just to make ends meet…

It was a Family Court psychologist’s report that came with a heavy cost. Not only in monetary terms — although at $25,000 the psychologist’s fees were high. But also in its human toll, which continues more than seven years after it was handed to the Family Court of Western Australia…

After seeing his best friend’s extremely messy divorce in 2011, Jim Halfens thought there had to be a better way to do divorce. Seven years later, Jim’s now the CEO of his own divorce business, DivorceHotel, a concept he developed in the Netherlands and has experienced success in the US and UK markets. Halfens now has plans to expand DivorceHotel into Australia in 2019…

It’s a parenting tip echoed from one generation to the next: “Don’t fight in front of the kids.” But many parenting experts believe it’s not the actual fighting that upsets kids: it’s the way in which parents argue. 

So how does inter-parental conflict affect children? Is it ever okay for parents to argue in front of the kids?..

Big families are the happiest, while single dads struggle the most because they feel left out of their children’s lives, a five-year study of family life satisfaction has found…

The relationships of Australia are about to get a free tune-up, courtesy of Kevin Andrews. In July this year he will introduce a program whereby couples of all persuasions — those about to be married, the already married, the unmarried, same-sex couples, those hoping to soup up a sagging sex life — will be able to apply online for a $200 counselling voucher…

A decision on whether to give people conceived from sperm donors clues about their genetic origin on a separate page of their birth certificate has been shelved by the NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell. Donor-conception support groups said people had a …..

There have been a number of recent cases where parents have requested abortions on gender grounds. Obstetricians want ban on parents knowing child’s sex. Senate inquiry has been set-up to probe gender-based abortions…

PARENTS are resorting to “incredulous” sex abuse claims against their ex-partners as custody wars turn increasingly ugly in Queensland. ..