Family Court Support · for dads
Get organised. Stay calm. Stay in your kids' lives.
Free, plain-English help for parents facing the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia — plus private tools to log incidents, prepare for mediation, and build a draft affidavit. Everything stays on your device.
Important:This site provides general information and self-help tools only. It is not legal advice and does not create a lawyer–client relationship. Always seek independent legal advice about your own situation.
Your information never leaves your device
This is a sensitive area of your life. So the tools are built to keep it private: everything you enter is saved only in your own browser and the documents are generated on your device. We never receive, store, or transmit your matter data. You can export an encrypted backup any time.
The toolkit
Map your situation
Answer a guided set of questions to organise the facts of your matter — kids, care history, timeline and priorities.
Open →Log incidents
Record what happens, when it happens, in a clear, affidavit-ready format so nothing is lost or reconstructed from memory later.
Open →Prepare for mediation
Build a calm, structured prep pack for family dispute resolution (FDR) — your goal, proposal, must-haves and responses.
Open →Build your affidavit
Turn your logged incidents and details into a formatted, editable draft affidavit you can download and take to a lawyer.
Open →How it works
Learn the process
Plain-English guides to how parenting matters work in the Family Court.
Organise your facts
Map your situation and log incidents as they happen — all on your own device.
Prepare & draft
Build a mediation prep pack and a draft affidavit from what you have recorded.
Get advice & file
Take your drafts to a family lawyer, then use the official FCFCOA forms to apply.