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18 May Where do I begin? Start with a list

Posted at 16:14h in Family Law, Wills & Estates by Kathryn Hodges 0 Comments

Figuring out where to begin, can be the very hardest step. When you have lost a loved one and are trying to figure out "where do I begin", the way ahead can seem anything but clear. There are so many things to do, and everyone has a different piece...

02 Jan Back to Real Life

Posted at 10:53h in Family Law by Kathryn Hodges 1 Comment

Christmas and New Year celebrations are over. If your home is like mine, there may be a bit of this action going on today. Real life can sometimes be tough to face. Christmas wraps everything in tinsel and sparkles, and asks us to set aside real life, and...

03 Dec A Simple Separation isn’t Easy

Posted at 16:06h in Family Law by Kathryn Hodges 0 Comments

When helping people with the legal pieces of the separation puzzle, every story and every family is different. But very often I hear the same comment, from almost everyone, at some stage during our work together. There are a number of versions of this theme ...

25 Nov The Fear Factor

Posted at 16:34h in Family Law by Kathryn Hodges 0 Comments

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the fears I see hiding in the eyes of the people who come to me for advice. After all, we all have worries, fears and troubles. And what do I do all day long. I am with people, staring down their worries,...

05 Jun We’ve Agreed We Won’t Use Lawyers

Posted at 20:50h in Family Law, Uncategorized by Kathryn Hodges 0 Comments

Although it's easy to picture that all separations are a war zone, that is definitely not the case. There are plenty of people that I am fortunate enough to work with, who are doing their best to walk their way through a respectful separation. A separation...

29 May Your Lawyer’s Office. A Safe Space

Posted at 21:01h in Blog, Family Law, Uncategorized by Kathryn Hodges 0 Comments

Lawyer. Does that make you feel safe? Just seeing or hearing the word 'lawyer', can be enough to disturb a full swarm of butterflies. Tummy butterflies that is! And that feeling, that worry, can keep people away from the door of a lawyer. When perhaps, it could...

13 May How did I end up here?

Posted at 22:12h in Family Law by Kathryn Hodges 3 Comments

Do you ask yourself that question? I know I do, and often. Let me begin the Integrated Family Law blog by telling you a little story. My story. Well, one of my stories :-) I came to the law knowing nothing about the law, legal practice or...

What They're Saying

‘Let’s face it; there’s still stigma around a relationship breaking down. Especially when there’s kids involved and not to mention the aforementioned hound. People are going to come out of the woodwork to give you their horror stories, their results based on their experience, and many of those people are going to be highly wounded as part of their experience. What Kathryn does with this book is help you to put those much needed headphones on and sit in the process in your peace. As soon as you start reading, you will be able to breathe out knowing that there is a way out of the distress. ‘One of my favourite quotes of all time is by Sara Henderson, the amazing pastoralist and author who ran Bullo River Station in the Northern Territory: “Don’t wait for the light at the end of the tunnel, go down there and light the bloody thing yourself.” This book is you taking back your right to calm by lighting the bloody thing yourself. I wish you well on your journey to your new normal.’
Amanda Foy, The Emotional Strength Trainer
Who Gets the Dog? is more than just a practical book filled with useful tips about separation, divorce and family law in Australia. It’s got all that in spades, of course, but what Kathryn Hodges achieves within these pages is to inspire those on the brink of, or deep within, the breakdown of a relationship to open their eyes to the possibilities. The possibilities of empathy, understanding, peaceful division, and of course saving bucket loads of money on legal fees! ‘Kathryn’s book has an undercurrent of compassion, something sadly absent in the cut and thrust of family law, and certainly rare amongst the lawyers who ply that trade. Having worked with many clients in this space over the years, I wish this book had been available then to give to them. At least some of them could have saved some of their hard-earned dollars … and hard-to-heal scars after reading it.
Warrick Bidwell, warrickbidwell.com
Kathryn Hodges has captured the very essence of family conflict and then, in a very easy-to-read way, provided an excellent alternative. This book needs to be published and made available en masse. My hope is that every single person going through separation gets the opportunity to read it. It really has the potential to change lives.’
Judge Steve Middleton, Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia