Parenting Plan Articles

Parenting Plan Articles

4-Phase Parenting Plan

This is a "Four Phase" supervised visitation plan that could be used to gradually modify parenting time, starting with a highly restricted schedule and moving, in methodical steps, to full, unsupervised parenting time without any special restrictions.

A Parental Guide to Making Child-Focused Visitation Decisions

Ongoing parental involvement fosters positive parent-child relationships and healthy emotional and social development.

Avoiding Parenting Plan Mistakes

Because we at SPARC are involved in divorce and custody issues, we've seen hundred upon hundreds of divorce agreements. Listed below are some of the most common mistakes and oversights related to parenting plans.

Holidays, Vacations, and Special Days Schedule

This is a version of the Orange County Mediation and Investigative Services holiday schedule guidelines, modified so that transfers take place before and after school.

Interstate / Long-Distance Joint Custody Parenting Plan

This Joint Custody Parenting Plan has been designed to address the needs of parents whose residences are substantial distances apart (such as in different States).

Items To Resolve In The Parenting Plan

This is a list of suggested issues to have covered and resolved in writing when the Permanent Parenting Plan is drawn up. These should be considered as "starting points" for reasonable negotiation between the parents.

Sample Parenting Plan (For Military Personnel)

This is one example of a Permanent Parenting Plan (PPP) that has been designed to address some of the issues that occur when one or both parents are in the military.

Sample Shared Parenting Plan (2)

Another example of a Shared Parenting Plan, with a stepped or "phased-in" visitation schedule (suitable for when there was previously little or no visitation).

Simple Parenting Plan

This is one example of a basic Parenting Plan that has been designed to address most (but not all) of the typical situations that can arise between divorced parents.

Simple Shared Parenting Plan

This simple Shared Parenting Plan (SPP) has been designed as a basic starting template for shared custody between divorced parents. As with all the sample forms on this site, you will need to edit it to conform to your particular circumstances.