Parenting plans · flat fee
Parenting plans that survive a school year
A parenting plan says where the children live on which days, how holidays and summers alternate, who decides about school, health and religion, and how the two of you will settle disagreements later.
Templates get the weekdays right and the rest wrong. We start from your actual calendar, the school's, your work shifts and the drive between homes, then test the draft against a full year before anyone signs.
A parenting plan is part of the agreed divorce with children. For parents who were never married, or who need to change an existing plan by agreement, it is its own flat fee.
In the fee
What goes into the plan
The weekly schedule
Weekdays, weekends and the handoff: where, when and who drives.
Holidays and summer
Which years each parent has which days, written so nobody has to remember.
Decisions
School, doctors, activities and religion: who decides, and how you tell each other.
When plans change
How either parent asks for a change, and the step you take before going back to court.
Moving away
What happens if one parent wants to move, and the notice the law asks for.
Child support
Support worked out under the state guidelines and attached to the plan.
Parenting plan questions
Will the children have to talk to a judge?
Not in an agreed case. The court reviews the plan you both sign and approves it if it's in the children's interest.
We already have a plan. Can we change it?
Yes, if you both agree. We draft the modified plan and file it. If you don't agree, a change needs a hearing, which is quoted separately.
Does joint custody mean equal time?
Not necessarily. Decision-making and parenting time are separate questions. A plan can share decisions and still give one home most school nights.
Bring your calendar to the call
A rough idea of the school schedule and both work schedules is enough to start.