Parenting plans are often set up during the course of settlement agreements to deal with decision making, visitation and custody issues for children of the marriage. Parenting plans can help provide stability, minimize potential conflicts between the parents and create a consistent framework for parents to develop loving relationships with their children. Couples who utilize parenting plans and cooperate with each other regarding the terms of the parenting plan can usually avoid problems with the other parent when dealing with issues involving their children.
Co-Parenting
Co-parenting involves parents working together after their relationship has ended regarding issues involving their children. There are many keys to co-parenting. The parents should promote the children’s best interests and maintain consistency in their policy decisions. They should consult with each other regarding significant child rearing issues and be flexible with each other if their decisions don’t work out well.
Parenting Time
Parents should work out reasonable parenting time schedules and be flexible in modifying and changing these schedules to meet with the parents and their children’s needs. It is especially important that the parents cooperate with each other and support their children’s relationship with the other parent. The key to co-parenting is to maintain the children’s best interests as the priority and put the children’s needs above the parents’ needs.
The law office of Schlissel DeCorpo LLP for more than 4 decades has been representing parents in divorces, custody disputes, visitation and relocation proceedings. Our offices in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties offer free consultations to prospective clients. We can be reached at 800-344-6431 or e-mail Elliot Schlissel, Esq. at Elliot@sdnylaw.com.
