Pathways Through Parental Separation

This study, funded by the Families Commission Innovative Practice Fund, analysed discussions with 20 non-resident fathers to find strategies for supporting fathers through the process of separation.

The focus groups revealed that the men were unprepared for the separation process and were unable to find the right support when they most needed it.

The men also identified a need for strategies to create and maintain a changed relationship with their children's mother and to redefine their parental role.

This report was written by Philip Chapman and David Mitchell.