Parenting Agreement Worksheet

This worksheet will help parents put together a parenting plan that meets the needs of their children as they parent apart. In some states, this worksheet may become a part of the legal agreement you file with the courts. Check with your attorney, judge, mediator or family court administrator about the use of parenting plans in your state or court system.

As you use this worksheet, keep in mind:

	The Parenting Agreement Worksheet is a tool you can use to create a parenting plan that will meet the individual needs of your family. You are encouraged to use it as a working document and change specific items or add to the plan based on your family's circumstances.
	The worksheet may be used for both divorcing and never-married parents, or edited for use with other proposed custodians, such as grandparents.
	The language is gender-free and does not specify “mother” and “father.” Parents are asked to include language that fits for them or remove language they do not want included.
	There is no assumption for either “joint” or “sole” legal or physical custody in the worksheet's language. Three different families may develop identical parenting time schedules with one family calling their schedule “joint physical custody,” another family calling their schedule “sole physical custody” and the third family choosing alternative terms other than “sole” or “joint” or “custody” to describe their custodial arrangement. You are advised to consult with your attorney or mediator regarding your choice of terms for your parenting arrangement.
	A chart is provided to help you schedule parenting time, including ongoing, vacation, and holiday schedules. Holiday and access scheduling is created with as much detail as possible, including pick-up and drop-off times, to avoid future conflict.
	It is important to recognize that a history of domestic abuse in your family may affect the development of a parenting plan. Parts of the parenting agreement worksheet are not appropriate for families who have experienced domestic abuse. In some cases shared parenting is not possible or in the best interests of children when there has been domestic abuse. However, even when there has been domestic abuse, it may be possible to use parts of the parenting agreement worksheet as a tool to decide how to parent apart and reduce the potential for parental conflict.

This worksheet will help parents put together a parenting plan that meets the needs of their children as they parent apart. In some states, this worksheet may become a part of the legal agreement you file with the courts. Check with your attorney, judge, mediator or family court administrator about the use of parenting plans in your state or court system.

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Parenting agreement worksheet

Our primary concern in developing a Parenting Plan is to meet our children's needs. We have developed the following Parenting Plan for the benefit of our children:

Legal custody and major decision making

A. Education

Each parent will contact our children's school to get information about our children's needs, progress, special events, and parent-teacher conferences. We agree to share our children's school information with each other. Recognizing that college or technical training is important, we will encourage and support our children's efforts for further education.

B. Medical Care

It is important to provide our children with good medical care. This may include dental, physical health, and psychological/counseling services for our children's guidance and behavioral health. We have discussed who will make appointments; attend appointments; receive reports; and transport our children; and how information will be conveyed to the other parent.