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Navigating the world of divorce can be difficult for many couples, but there's a way to help keep things simple and streamlined. Communication, A new app designed by Perth family experts, is making an impact and it's hoped it'll help fast track cases through the courts too. Divorced for four years, Jen Hammond has been successfully Co parenting with her ex-husband. With three children to care for, the couple has worked out a way to remain amicable. While providing a stable environment for their kids, mediation was the best option for us to avoid having to go through that really difficult process of going through the courts and come up with a plan that was sort of best for our kids. Proving the path to separation doesn't always need to be costly, but the working mum admits she couldn't have done it alone. Now very quickly realised that I was under so much pressure and I was so stressed and I had so many other competing priorities. Mediation and a new app called Cooperate. Helping them avoid a costly and lengthy family court battle. The wait list can be between 18 months and three years from when people lodge an application with the family court to when they're likely to have a resolution if they're going to go to trial, per Family in Conflict resolution experts Lisanna Erics and Sharon Greenard launched the app three months ago. We developed our cooperate app to try to help people harness technology to assist them rather than cause problems. The aim? To streamline communication between separated couples. It means all communication is done in the one app, easily accessible to courts and lawyers. If need be. We have Messenger where people can directly message each other so it's all in one place, which also means the rest of your phone is now safe place as well as a shared calendar location and expense tracking. Everything on the app is logged and can be easily downloaded, even handed to police. It costs $10 a month to subscribe so you're not constantly looking where did I send this message or what? Did I say about you know what, who was doing what on what day? The kids help. Separated families can thrive. They can really have the same outcomes as kids from non separated families. But conflict is what does the damage. Last year alone the family court here in Perth received over 5700 divorce applications and dealt with over 11,600 matters in total, some taking months even years to settle. Separation doesn't have to be harmful for kids. I mean no one likes it, but if you manage it. Well, it doesn't have to have a really detrimental impact. Claire Ridley, 9 News.