> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.rytz.com.au/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Australian parenting plan — RYTZ Parenting Planner overview > Draft a court-grade Australian parenting plan under section 63C of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). 11 clauses, post-2024 amendments, AI strategic briefing, PDF/DOCX export. Built for self-representing parents. import { Card, CardGroup } from '@mintlify/components' **This is legal information, not legal advice.** This page is reviewed against the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021, and current case law on AustLII — but not by a practising family-law solicitor. For advice on your matter, see [Free legal help in Australia](/learn/free-legal-help) — Legal Aid, Community Legal Centres, Justice Connect, Women's Legal Services, and Aboriginal Legal Services offer free or low-cost help. The **Parenting Planner** is RYTZ's most-developed feature. It produces a parenting plan that — when properly executed — operates under section 63C of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) and is structured the way a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge would expect. This page is the orientation. The next pages in this section walk through the legal framework (s63C), the 11 clauses, how to draft your first plan, the Plan Readiness Ribbon, and the export pipeline. ## What you build A complete RYTZ parenting plan is an A4 document with: * **Cover page** — title, parties, children identification, status, statutory framing * **Background recitals** — lettered (A, B, C, D) introducing the relationship history, the children of the relationship, any existing orders, and the parties' intent * **Definitions** — alphabetical: Children, Court, FDR, Other Party, Parties, Plan, User * **11 numbered clauses** — covering parental responsibility, time arrangements, communication, changeover, special occasions, school, medical, travel, relocation, dispute resolution, and review windows * **Conditional overlays** — family-violence safety overlay (when applicable), cultural-connection clause (when ATSI children involved) * **Execution page** — formal signature block with witness lines * **About this document** — three short paragraphs explaining what the document is, what weight it carries, and what parties typically do next The output is exportable as **PDF**, **DOCX** (editable in Microsoft Word), or **Markdown** (for inclusion in correspondence). ## The 11 clauses at a glance Who decides the major long-term issues for the children — health, education, religion, name, relocation. Section 61DA framing post-2024. The schedule the children can rely on. Australian terminology — "live with" / "spend time with", not "custody" / "access". How the children stay in touch with the parent they're not currently with — and how the parents communicate with each other. Where, when, and how the children move between households. The single biggest source of post-order conflict — specificity prevents most disputes. Birthdays, Mother's and Father's Day, religious and cultural festivals, public holidays. Enrolment authority, attendance at events, who receives reports, extra-curricular consent. Routine vs major decisions, Medicare-card custody, emergency authority, mental-health treatment. Domestic notice, overseas consent, who holds the children's passports. Distance trigger, notice period, dispute pathway. Hague Convention overlay for international. The escalation ladder before any application to the court. Section 60I FDR pathway. When the plan automatically comes back to the table. Section 65DAAA codified Rice v Asplund threshold. ## How a session typically flows Sign in → **Parenting Planner** in the sidebar. The workspace opens with the Plan Readiness Ribbon at the top showing your progress. Click **Edit** on the **Parties to this plan** card. Add full names + the children's first names and ages. This personalises every clause and the exported document. Use the tab strip below the ribbon, or click **Up next** in the ribbon to jump to the first un-drafted clause. Each clause has its own editor with the legal phrasing pre-loaded. You provide the facts (location, frequency, allocation) and the editor produces the rendered text. Click **Save clause** when done. The Plan Readiness Ribbon updates immediately. Auto-save also fires when you navigate to another clause via Prev/Next. The right pane shows the document as it would print. Updates on every keystroke. Once the readiness ribbon shows the tier you want (Quick draft / Solicitor-review-ready / Filing-ready), click **Export** in the page header to download as PDF / DOCX / Markdown. ## The three readiness tiers Plan exists with at least one clause saved. Suitable for kicking off a conversation. Not for signing. Every clause complete; both parties' full names; children named. Safe to hand to a family lawyer for substantive review. Tier 2 plus addresses, child DOBs, separation date, existing-orders cross-reference, witness arrangement. Ready to sign as a s63C plan or attach to Consent Orders. The ribbon at the top of the workspace shows which tier you've reached and lists the remaining gaps with one-click navigation to fix each. ## Beyond the plan Below the workspace is a collapsible **Beyond the plan** section with two AI-powered analyses: * **Strategic briefing** — runs the AI s60CC analyser on your plan, scoring each consideration the court would weigh and surfacing evidence gaps * **Rice v Asplund readiness** — when you have existing orders and are considering varying them, the AI assesses whether your facts meet the s65DAAA threshold These are optional. They cost a chat-message quota to run, so use them once your plan is well-developed. ## Next What a s63C parenting plan is, what it does, and what it doesn't. A clause-by-clause walkthrough of what each one is for and the legal framework behind it. A step-by-step walkthrough for the first 30 minutes in the planner. How the three tiers work and what each requires.