Since each family is different the court cannot provide you with a predetermined parenting plan that will fit your needs. When parents decide to separate it is important to create an easy-to-understand plan that will determine how each parent will fit into their child's life. By doing this before the separation you can hope to achieve several goals.

You can discuss what you both think is best for the child(ren) in question, and come to an agreement that is agreeable to both parties. This includes a timeshare schedule that clearly outlines when each parent is expected to be with and take care of their child; it also provides the child with a sense of continuity and permanency that might be lacking otherwise.

Both parties can also rest assured that all of the child's educational, medical, and social needs are being met between them. If you should disagree about something the parenting plan will already be in place to refer to at all times. This will decrease the incidence of conflict between parents, which will also aid in your child's transition from a two-parent to one-parent household.

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Anytime a couple decides to separate or divorce and children are involved, the parents will have to create what is called a "parenting plan".  Essentially, a parenting plan is an agreement between both parents that, in the event that a conflict regarding child custody or visitation, presents solutions.  By creating parenting plans, mothers and fathers are often able to avoid future arguments as the terms of visitation and child custody are clearly outlined.

Parenting plans usually address things such as:

§  physical custody and parenting time

§  who has decision making authority

§  how children will be transported and exchanged between parents

§  who will have the children during holidays and school breaks

§  payment of child support

§  how disputes will be resolved

§  healthcare for children

§  overnight visitation and general visitation

§  how decisions will be made about the children

§  how conflicts will be resolved

§  insurance for children

§  taxes and wills

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No situation is ever permanent.  Families expand, ex-spouses get remarried, jobs are lost and gained, incomes increase and decrease, and the cost of life fluctuates.  Sometimes a change in circumstances affects one’s ability to comply with a previous court order.  Fortunately, judges understand that life changes and with that people's situations change.  

Under Florida family law, you can ask the judge to change or modify a court order if you can prove a significant change in circumstances warrants the modification.  For example, if you were ordered to pay child support or alimony, but you have recently been laid off from your job or have become injured and are no longer able to work, you can ask the judge to lower the amount of support you are required to pay. Similarly, if you are the one receiving child support or alimony, and you would like to ask the judge for more money, you will need to prove why you deserve to get more support.

Time-sharing   and parenting plans can also be modified after a divorce has been settled.  The court understands that situations change, and is open to modifying a time sharing or parenting plan as long as you can prove it is necessary and that it does not compromise the best interest of the child.  Like all child-related family law issues, the judge’s main concern is to ensure that any changes or modifications you seek will not have a negative impact on the child.