How do I negotiate a private child support agreement?

 

If you and your former partner are committed to reaching an agreement privately about how to meet your children’s expenses, you should consider a collaboration.

In the collaborative process you can engage with individual professionals, depending on your needs, or you can utilise a team of interdisciplinary professionals who can work with you both to find a suitable outcome.

The types of collaborative professionals you may wish to engage with are as follows:

1. Family Consultants

A psychologist, social worker or therapist specialising in separated families. They can assist in conflict management and communication skills to ensure that both parties have the opportunity to discuss these issues in a safe environment.

2. Financial Professionals

An accountant or financial advisor who can assist the parties in working out budgets for the children’s expenses and facilitate discussions around various income streams available to the family.

3. Lawyers

An experienced family lawyer who has additional training in collaboration. Each party has their own lawyer to advise them about the legality of any agreement reached and to formalise and document their agreement.

 

We, at Solution Focused Separation, are trained collaborative lawyers and can provide information to get you started if you think this process is for you.