Monday, 18 August 2025
*Original Content was created in November 2024
SUPPORTING CHILDREN THROUGH SEPARATION AND COURT ORDERS
The Experience of Children when their Parents Separate: A Lawyer’s Perspective
Anecdotal insights from a lawyer’s perspective on how children perceive and experience parental separation:
- The legal process, prior to Orders being made
- The role of lawyers, judges, and child advocates in the process
- How separation, parental actions and the process itself can impact children’s wellbeing
- What can guidance counsellors do to support children through this difficult time?
Presented by Angeline Boniface, Barrister
Learning Objectives:
- Gain insight into how children experience parental separation and court processes from a lawyer’s perspective
- Learn how school counsellors can support children during and after separation proceedings
Description
Attend and earn 1 PLD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Monique Dalrymple, Founder and Coordinating Counsellor, Kindred Centre
Presenters
Angeline Boniface, BarristerAngeline is an experienced Christchurch legal practitioner, operating from Walker St Chambers. With 31 years specialising in family law, Angeline is a senior lawyer for child and she has been appointed as lawyer for subject person in cases where a person lacks legal capacity. Known for her practical and robust advice, she maintains a strong focus on client needs, whether that client is a child, a parent and/or a vulnerable person. Angeline has worked on multiple cases involving relationship property division, parenting issues, family violence, Oranga Tamariki notifications, adoptions, schooling disputes and so on.
Monique Dalrymple, Founder and Coordinating Counsellor, Kindred Centre
Monique is the Founder and Coordinating Counsellor of Kindred Centre and holds a Master’s in Educational Psychology from Massey University. Registered with the New Zealand Association of Counsellors since 1999, she is also ACC registered. As a counsellor and clinical supervisor, she believes that the therapeutic journey unfolds through conversations between individuals seeking support and a trained, experienced counsellor. Her approach includes active listening and a non-judgmental, supportive style. She is committed to helping clients achieve a greater sense of wellness, strength, and resilience through their therapeutic journey
