Free on every plan
Parenting proposals with the numbers worked out
Build a proposal in minutes, add school holidays for your state and special days, and see nights, weekends and the child support care band for each parent before you negotiate.
Start from a standard pattern
Choose week about, 2-2-5-5, 2-2-3, alternate weekends, alternate weekends with a midweek night, or 9 and 5, then adjust any night in the 14-night grid. Swap the parents with one click.
Add school holidays and special days
School holidays come from your state's government school term dates. Split each holiday period in halves, swapping each year, or alternate whole holidays. Add Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (alternating if you like), Mother's Day and Father's Day, and any other special days or holiday periods.
See the numbers that matter
- Nights with each parent over 12 months, and the percentage
- Weekends, holiday nights and changeovers
- The child support care band, and how close the proposal is to the next threshold
- A month-by-month calendar showing who has each night
A few nights can move a parent from regular care to shared care. Seeing that before a negotiation, rather than after, changes the conversation. Read how overnights affect child support care bands.
Compare proposals side by side
Save your client's proposal, the other party's offer and a compromise, and compare them on the same measures. See building and comparing parenting proposals.
Draft documents, reviewed first
Matter Folio can also prepare a draft parenting plan and draft consent orders in Word from a proposal, using your firm's own wording. Document drafting is switched on for a firm after its templates have been reviewed.
Common questions
Is the parenting planner an extra cost?
No. Parenting arrangements are free on every plan at the moment.
Does it calculate child support?
No. It counts nights and shows which care band each proposal falls in, as a pointer. Services Australia decides the percentage of care, and its online estimators give child support estimates.
Which states' school holidays are included?
Government school term dates are entered for each state and the ACT, and updated each year as departments publish them. Northern Territory dates are being added.
Can clients see our proposals?
No. Proposals are for your firm's staff only.
See the parenting planner
We'll build a proposal live and show how holidays change the care band.