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Parenting Plan Idea Workbook: Options for Custody Agreements and Time-Sharing
"What should I request in my parenting plan or child custody agreement?"
This easy-to-use idea workbook brings up many considerations to think about before you meet with your attorney or mediator when you go through a divorce or update your custody agreement. It's important to consider various parenting plan choices that are best for your child’s wellbeing—and realistic for yourself and the other parent.
This idea workbook helps you consider what's best for your child
You can pick from the various common options or come up with your own. This book helps you explain your wishes to your legal advisor who best knows the laws in your area.
Who makes the decisions for the child's wellbeing?Who makes decisions about what? Education, daycare, medical, therapy.Physical and legal custody issues.How to deal with religious education?Improving cooperation between parentsWhere will you exchange the child(ren). and when?Picking up and dropping off ideas.Decisions about using co-parenting apps.Communication with children when they aren't with you.
Who pays for what?Who pays for sports, lessons, private school or homeschooling, extra-curricular activities?Who covers the cost for medical insurance?How will the parents cover the costs for uniforms, musical instruments, or sports equipment?
What can each parent do (or not do)?Dating when to introduce new people to your children.First right of refusal.Vacations, travel, and international trips.When can children make their own decisions?What about substance abuse and the other parent?
How much time will the children spend with each parent?Holiday schedules. Birthdays. Winter, spring, and summer breaks.Pre-designed parenting time calendars to give you ideasReady-to-use calendar for alternating weeks.Two ready-to-use 50/50 child custody calendarsReady-to-use 80/20 calendar with alternating weekends
Taxes and other key issues Who will get the child tax benefits?Deciding on citizenship for the children when parents are citizens of different countries.Ideas to encourage positive communication between parents and discourage parental alienation.
Lisa Wilson, CDC® Certified Divorce Coach, is experienced in high-conflict divorce. She helps parents think through ideas that make the child’s best interests the priority.
Gretchen Baskerville has been a divorce recovery leader for 20 years. She’s the author of The Life-Saving Hope for People Leaving Destructive Relationships
This easy-to-use idea workbook brings up many considerations to think about before you meet with your attorney or mediator when you go through a divorce or update your custody agreement. It's important to consider various parenting plan choices that are best for your child’s wellbeing—and realistic for yourself and the other parent.
This idea workbook helps you consider what's best for your child
You can pick from the various common options or come up with your own. This book helps you explain your wishes to your legal advisor who best knows the laws in your area.
Who makes the decisions for the child's wellbeing?Who makes decisions about what? Education, daycare, medical, therapy.Physical and legal custody issues.How to deal with religious education?Improving cooperation between parentsWhere will you exchange the child(ren). and when?Picking up and dropping off ideas.Decisions about using co-parenting apps.Communication with children when they aren't with you.
Who pays for what?Who pays for sports, lessons, private school or homeschooling, extra-curricular activities?Who covers the cost for medical insurance?How will the parents cover the costs for uniforms, musical instruments, or sports equipment?
What can each parent do (or not do)?Dating when to introduce new people to your children.First right of refusal.Vacations, travel, and international trips.When can children make their own decisions?What about substance abuse and the other parent?
How much time will the children spend with each parent?Holiday schedules. Birthdays. Winter, spring, and summer breaks.Pre-designed parenting time calendars to give you ideasReady-to-use calendar for alternating weeks.Two ready-to-use 50/50 child custody calendarsReady-to-use 80/20 calendar with alternating weekends
Taxes and other key issues Who will get the child tax benefits?Deciding on citizenship for the children when parents are citizens of different countries.Ideas to encourage positive communication between parents and discourage parental alienation.
Lisa Wilson, CDC® Certified Divorce Coach, is experienced in high-conflict divorce. She helps parents think through ideas that make the child’s best interests the priority.
Gretchen Baskerville has been a divorce recovery leader for 20 years. She’s the author of The Life-Saving Hope for People Leaving Destructive Relationships
164 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 27, 2025
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