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The Plan Readiness Ribbon at the top of the parenting workspace tells you, at a glance, which tier of completeness your plan has reached. It’s not just a checklist — it’s a hierarchy. Each tier corresponds to a real stage of how your plan would be used in the world.

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The three tiers

Quick draft

A plan you can use to start the conversation. Suitable for sharing with the other party as a discussion document. Not for signing.

Solicitor-review-ready

Every clause complete; both parties’ full names captured; children named. Safe to hand to a family lawyer for substantive review.

Filing-ready

Every check passed for tier 2, plus the additional fields a court would expect: postal addresses, child DOBs, separation date, existing-orders cross-reference, witness arrangement. Ready to sign as a s63C plan or attach to Consent Orders.

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What each tier requires

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Tier 1 — Quick draft

Just two checks:
  • ✅ Plan workspace open (you’ve started a plan)
  • ✅ At least one clause saved with content
The point of tier 1 is that even a half-drafted plan is worth something. You can share it with the other party, get reactions, iterate.

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Tier 2 — Solicitor-review-ready

The tier 1 checks plus:
  • ✅ Your full name (first + last)
  • ✅ Other party’s full name (first + last)
  • ✅ Children named
  • ✅ Each of the 11 mandatory clauses saved with content
  • ✅ Family-violence safety overlay saved (when FV is disclosed in your case file)
  • ✅ Cultural Connection clause saved (when ATSI children are flagged)
When this tier is reached, the document is coherent enough that a family lawyer can read it cover to cover and give substantive feedback. They’ll mark it up — but not rewrite it.

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Tier 3 — Filing-ready

The tier 2 checks plus:
  • ✅ Plan moved beyond draft status (you’ve changed it to proposed or agreed)
  • ✅ Both parties’ postal addresses
  • ✅ Children’s dates of birth
  • ✅ Date of separation
  • ✅ Existing orders acknowledged (or “None” if no orders exist)
  • ✅ Witness arrangement (names + qualifications for both parties)
When this tier is reached, the exported document carries everything a court would expect on a s63C plan or Consent Orders attachment — addresses on the title page, full child identification with DOBs, witness signature lines on the execution page.

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The ribbon UI

The ribbon at the top of the workspace shows three pip-style chips for the tiers, with the achieved tier highlighted forest, the current target tier highlighted gold, and locked tiers muted. Below the chips, a single line summarises progress:
  • 11/11 clauses drafted (100%) — when you’re working through clauses
  • X gaps before solicitor-review-ready — when you’re between tiers
  • Filing-ready — every check satisfied — when you’ve completed everything
Click the ribbon to expand it. The expanded view shows a checklist of every check for the next un-satisfied tier, with one-click navigation to fix each gap:
  • Click a missing clause check → workspace tab strip selects that clause
  • Click a missing party-name check → parties modal opens
  • Click a missing filing-ready check → filing-details modal opens
  • Click “Mark proposed” on the status check → plan status flips, no modal

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How the gaps actually surface

The platform doesn’t just say “you’re missing 5 things”. It tells you which 5 things, why each matters, and gives you a one-click route to fix it. For example, in the expanded ribbon for the Filing-ready tier you might see: 
○ Plan moved beyond draft
   Mark the plan as proposed or agreed once both parties have reviewed it.
   [Mark proposed]

○ Both parties' postal addresses
   Required on the title page + for service of any later application.
   [Open]

○ Children's dates of birth
   Filing-ready documents identify each child by full name + DOB, not just age.
   [Open]
Each [Open] button takes you straight to the input field that needs filling in.

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When does each tier actually matter?

Quick draft

“I want to start the conversation with the other party.” The structured first draft gets concrete proposals on the table without the back-and-forth ambiguity of “let’s just have lunch and talk”.

Solicitor-review-ready

“I want a family lawyer to review this before I sign it.” This is the level most users target before any formal commitment. A lawyer reviewing a tier-2 plan can substantively engage with it — they’re not redrafting it from scratch.

Filing-ready

“I want to sign this as a s63C plan or convert it into Consent Orders.” This is the operational level. Anything below tier 3 either lacks the identification a court would expect or the witness arrangement that strengthens the document’s evidentiary weight.

Beyond tier 3

Tier 3 is where the platform’s structured workflow ends. Beyond it, you’re either signing the plan as a s63C document, or filing it as the substantive content of a Consent Orders application. Both are court-recognised — see Section 63C explained.

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How to think about pacing the tiers

Most users move through the tiers across multiple sessions:
  • Session 1 (~30 minutes) — get to tier 1 (Quick draft). Names + 5 of the 11 clauses.
  • Session 2–4 — progress to tier 2 (Solicitor-review-ready). Finish the remaining clauses; refine the ones drafted in session 1.
  • Pause — share with the other party (or an FDR practitioner) as a discussion document. Iterate.
  • Session 5+ — once both parties broadly agree on the substance, move to tier 3 (Filing-ready) by adding addresses, child DOBs, witness arrangement, and changing the plan status.
  • Sign or file — decide whether to sign as a s63C plan, file as Consent Orders, or both (sign first, file later if the arrangement holds).
Don’t try to jump straight to tier 3 in your first session. The ribbon is designed to let progress compound — each session builds on the last.

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Next

Exporting and next steps

PDF, DOCX, Markdown — and what to do with the exported document.

Section 63C explained

What a parenting plan is in legal terms, and how it sits alongside Consent Orders.