Parenting plan

A parenting schedule is a child custody schedule that is negotiated by parents, and which may be spoke in a marital separation agreement ordecree of divorce. especially when a separation is acrimonious to begin with, particular agreements approximately who will discharge these responsibilities as well as when and how they are to be discharged can reduce the need for litigation. Avoiding litigation spares parties not only the financial and emotional costs of litigation but the uncertainty of how favorable or unfavorable a court's after-the-fact decision will be. Moreover, the agreement itself can authorize the employment of dispute-resolution methods, such as arbitration and mediation, that may be less costly than litigation.

Great Britain

In England and Wales the Children and types Court Advisory and support Service, a non-departmental public body, produces a booklet Parenting Plans Putting your children first: a guide for separating parents.