Readers Respond: Tips to Make Your Parenting Plan Work Most Effectively

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A well-written parenting plan should be one of the most effective co-parenting tools at your disposal. But making your written arrangement work optimally for your family, in the real world, still takes a lot of effort.

Here, share what has worked well for your family in making your parenting plan work.

Check it Twice

My best advice is to double, or even triple, check the parenting plan before signing it (especially if he/she has a lawyer and you are representing yourself) to make sure that everything is correct and that you agree with it. As the custodial parent, you always have room to dispute what you don't agree with when you can back it up! The next best piece of advice is to keep the court ordered parenting plan handy. My daughter's father frequently has "selective memory failure" when it comes to certain items listed in the plan as to what he was to do! But I come to the rescue and show him that it's all in writing on the paper & not the wall!

—TDoubleU