Parenting plan

Parenting plan - Divorcing can be painful for everyone involved, especially for children. During these challenging times, children need support, affection and contact with both parents and with the important people others, such as grandparents. Certainty about the future front is also important for everyone. The legal system of the new family urges parents who split up to determine the arrangements for their children among their own without having to go to trial. One way to determine the arrangements they want to his children is to create a parenting plan children.

What is best for your child is the most important for you to consider when making plans childcare.

What is a parenting plan?

Parenting plan is a voluntary agreement which includes day-to-day responsibilities of each person old, practical considerations of everyday life of children, in addition to the ways parents reach agreement and to consult about important issues concerning their children. This plan can be changed at any time as long as both parents agree.

Who can make a parenting plan?

According to the Family Law Act 1975, a new parenting plan valid when made and signed by both parents. However, others, such as a grandparent or stepparent, can be incorporated in a parenting plan.

Plan for Child Care and the Law

Parenting plan many different forms. Yet statutory plan must be written, signed and dated by both parents. Plan shall be made free of threats, coercion or violence. Things that can be included in the plan childcare mentioned in the following sections. Parenting plan has no legal force and different from a parenting order, made by court. Parents who make a parenting plan can ask the court to make 'command with consent '(consent orders) with respect to the plan them. When you've made, consent orders are legally binding - the command has the same effect with other orders made by courts.

If later on the parents finally went to court, then the court, when making parenting orders with respect to the child, must consider provisions mentioned in the parenting plan the latest, if this is the best for the interests of the children. The court will also consider the extent to which both parents have obligations in relation with the child, which may include provisions in a parenting plan.

If there is a court order made after 1 July 2006 which describes the child care setting, then people parents may agree to change the settings with parenting plan (unless the court ordered the other).

It is easier for parents to approve the change without back to court. If your parenting plan does change the command care that exist, there may be parts in the order parenting time that you cannot implement because it does not consistent with the provisions of the parenting plan new. 

What can be included in parenting plan children?

You plan for your situation. The plan should be practical, simple and concrete as possible.

A parenting plan may include any aspect of care, welfare and child development. Things that can be included in the plan include:

• The child will live with.
• When the child will be with each parent.
• When the child will be with other people, for example by grandparents
• How parents will share responsibility and consulted about the decision. taken (such as the children will be schooled in which).
• How the child will communicate with each parent or other person (example: via telephone, e-mail or letter).
• What settings need to be made for special days such as birthdays and holidays?.
• What processes can be used to change plans or resolve disputes regarding plans.
• Financing children and other matters concerning parental responsibility for care, welfare and development of the child.

 To include the issue of support for children in the plan parenting special rules apply. (See Plan

Child Care, Child Advocacy and Centrelink below)

Can I put other things in the parenting plan ?

Parenting plan in order to meet the requirements Law, your agreement should include aspects care, welfare and child development. However, the deal you can still meet the requirements Act as a parenting plan if the plan includes other things (such as support for her husband or wife or possessions), but these provisions do not have the force of law. For these problems there ways to make the agreement legally enforceable, such as making a court order by consent. Parenting Plan, Child Advocacy and Centrelink. Any change in child care settings can impact on child support payments, assistance income and family allowances. If your child is protected by law regarding child support, then your parenting plan may include provisions regarding child support but the provision does not have any effect, and not enforceable, unless parenting plan is also an agreement child support

There are special provisions that apply if an agreement child support, and it is important that you speak with the Department.

Help Children (Child Support Agency) about your choices.