All parenting plans are created in the best interests of the children, including details regarding custody. Under the new laws, custody is referred to as decision-making and parenting time, access or contact. A parenting plan includes information about:
It is important that you and your ex-partner determine if you will jointly or individually make lifestyle decisions for your children, such as schooling, religion and/or medical care. You should outline whether the contact between you and your spouse will be via phone, text, email, in person or another method of communication. Keep in mind that a good time-sharing schedule is prepared in the best interests of the children, although this doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to divide time-sharing equally. It is also important that you both agree on how best to address other parenting issues that may arise.
The Divorce Act has new changes that came into effect on January 1st of 2020. If you have an old parenting order or received one prior to this date, you will continue to be governed by the rules of that order. You can, however, have the order changed to reflect the changes in the amended Divorce Act. Any parenting orders issued by the courts after January 1st of 2020 will be reflective of the new Act.
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