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Parenting plan topics from the Attorney-General's fact sheet
Headings for a written parenting plan, limited to what the September 2024 fact sheet says a plan is, what it can cover, and what it does not do.
- Kind
- Other. A precedent that fits none of the other kinds.
- Where it applies
- Australia
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when both parents are prepared to write down arrangements for a child and it is safe to do so. A plan is not a parenting order. Do not use it to record a history of family violence.
Used for these tasks
- Draft a parenting plan or parenting orders from the arrangements sheet
- Turn existing parenting orders into a practical arrangements sheet
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may place the parents' agreed arrangements under these headings; the lawyer checks that each arrangement is specific, safe, and agreed, and that the plan is not treated as an order.
AI may
- Sort an arrangements sheet into the topics the fact sheet lists
- Leave a heading blank where the parents have not agreed
- Remind the file that the fact sheet says there is no presumption of equal time or of equal shared decision-making
AI must not
- Must not invent arrangements the parents have not agreed
- Must not write a narrative of family violence, or any affidavit, into the plan
- Must not describe the plan as enforceable, or file it as consent orders, unless the lawyer has taken that separate step
The lawyer checks
- Both parents will sign and date the plan, and it is made free from threat, duress or coercion
- Safety of the child and of the people who care for the child has been considered before any plan is proposed
- If an existing parenting order is being changed, the order does not forbid a later plan, and the parents are told that inconsistent parts of the old order may not be enforceable
- Child support is not given a figure in the plan until the special rules the fact sheet points to have been read
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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