When issues or potential conflicts arise around child custody, parenting plans, custody agreements, divorce or similar issues:
* remember that fear means you are getting closer to the truth
* imagine yourself in the other person’s position
* know the impact your behavior has upon others
* acknowledge that your family relationships are the highest priority
* remember that your reputation is always in issue
* value the importance of staying “in relationship” and not checking out
When you are going on a trip but you don’t know how to get there, what should you do? If you don’t have a road map you will wind up somewhere but not where you want to be.
Parenting plans are like a road map between parents so that they not only agree where they want to go but how to get there.
A Child Custody Agreement addresses:
- Physical Custody and Legal Custody,
- Joint Custody and Sole Custody,
- Primary Residence of the Child, and
- A very limited Co-Parenting Schedule.
A Child Custody Agreement is different from a Parenting Plan because it only deals with legal and physical custody and sole or joint custody. A Parenting Plan deals with how to raise the child and includes detailed schedules, arrangements, and plans. A Child Custody Agreement can be agreed to by the parents or ordered by the judge if the parents can’t agree or if contact by one parent could be harmful to the child.
Both parents can have ...
A parenting plan is a detailed schedule and understanding of your arrangements with the other parent for the future care of your children. A parenting plan usually contains a custody agreement form and can be agreed to by the parents or ordered by the judge if the parents can't agree or if contact by one parent could be harmful to the child. More courts are requiring that parents file a parenting plan either within 30 or 60 days of separating or filing for divorce or prior to the grant of divorce by the judge.
This is a difficult issue for separating ...
