Guides
16 practical guides to getting a custody schedule and a parenting plan right. No filler, no legal advice, just the decisions you have to make and what usually goes wrong.
Getting started
How to Make a Parenting Plan, Step by Step
The order to do things in, so you aren't rewriting the whole document three times.
5 min readWhat Is a Parenting Plan?
The document that turns an arrangement into something enforceable.
3 min readHow to Calculate Parenting Time Percentage
Count nights, not days. Here is why, and how to get the number right.
3 min readLegal Custody vs Physical Custody
Two separate decisions that people constantly merge into one.
2 min read
Choosing a schedule
Holidays & school breaks
Specific situations
Long-Distance Parenting Plans
When frequent exchanges are impossible, the plan has to be built differently.
2 min readParallel Parenting Plans
For parents who can't cooperate, remove the need to.
2 min readParenting Plan for an Alcoholic Parent: Restrictions That Hold Up
The clauses that actually get enforced, and the ones that do not.
3 min read
Court, mediation & day to day
Changing a Parenting Plan
What has to have changed, and how to put the new plan together.
2 min readParenting Plan Mediation
Turn up with a calendar, not a position.
2 min readCustody Exchanges: Making Exchanges Work
The five minutes that determine how the whole arrangement feels.
2 min readCo-Parenting Communication That Works
Fewer channels, clearer rules, less to argue about.
2 min readRight of First Refusal in a Parenting Plan
A useful clause that causes trouble when the threshold is set wrong.
2 min read
Ready to build it?
Reading only gets you so far. Put your schedule on a calendar, see the overnight counts, and export the finished plan.