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 thinking about how to reach a resolution:
be willing to reach mutually satisfactory agreements
avoid posturing, tantrums, and “all or nothing” ultimatums
have no judgment about the other’s lifestyle, ideas or plans
identify mutual needs and interests that serve ...
What is the difference between a custody agreement and a parenting plan?
A custody agreement is usually two or three pages and addresses legal and physical custody, the child's primary residence, and a brief co-parenting schedule.
A parenting plan goes into much more detail and addresses healthcare, education (schools, classes, tutors, special education), childcare/daycare, religious worship/training, detailed co-parenting schedules (daily, weekly, monthly, vacations, holidays, holy days), living situations (move-away, commuting, residents), sports (school/league/neighborhood), travel (permissions, locations, timing), financial (child support, tax exemption, add-ons), lifestyle (drug/alcohol/dating/sex) and much more.
In the seesaw battle to test grandparents’ rights in child-visitation disputes, Hawaii’s highest court in December reversed the momentum grandparents had recently regained. The ruling comes after decisions in 2006 in Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Utah, in which those states’ supreme courts had sided with grandparents who were forced to sue for visits with their grandchildren.
In another twist before that, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a case from Washington state—decided in 2000—had sent grandparents’ visitation rights reeling. Prior to the Washington case, grandparents across the country had a legal right to sue for visits with their grandchildren. But in 2000, ...
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Parenting together is the unspoken agreement we make with our partner or spouse when we both decide to have children and become parents. Having been children ourselves, we know that parents who cooperate and share responsibility are acting in the best interests of the child. We also know that when parents refuse to cooperate and fail to agree on how to raise a child, it is the child who ultimately suffers.
In a recent article in the International Herald Tribune, records indicate that the divorce rate in India is well on the rise.
Few societies on earth take marriage more seriously than this one. Marriage comes early, sometimes even in youth, and is cemented by illegal dowries. Opulent weddings swallow life savings. So venerated is marriage that when bruised, beaten wives flee to their parents' homes for sanctuary, they are often turned back, implored to make it work.
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If both parents agree on shared custody, the next question should be: "How does this arrangement benefit our child?"
Kids-Plus! benefits the child by asking these questions of both parents.
If he is very young, making an agreement to move him from one parent's home to the other several times each week is too disruptive.
If your child moves from one house to the other without a enough time to adjust and find a consistent rhythms, he may begin to feel unsafe and emotionally unstable.
It is important to establish consistent routines ...
Probably the most important question in the mind of your teenager is 'When will I be able to drive?' Addressing this issue in the Parenting Plan can avoid any confusion when this question comes up.
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