While every family is unique, and the parenting agreement that they develop will also be unique, it is often useful to review samples and refer to guidelines of things to consider. Listed below are some resources that you might find useful. If there is something we should add, please let us know.
Critical Issues for Consideration when Developing Practical Parenting Plans For Families in Conflict: A Working Guide is a comprehensive document developed by the Alberta Roundtable on Family Law Society: Calgary Chapter, December 1, 2006. (alternate link to document)
Sample Co-Parenting Agreement is a sample of an actual agreement written by Patricia Lane. (alternate link to document)
Co-Parenting Agreement is a sample agreement from the website of Law Offices of Dishon & Block, Irvine, California. It is general in nature and similar to the commitments of www.UpToParents.org.
Parenting Time, Parenting Plans, Separation Agreements. This is a web page of Shared Parenting Information Group (SPIG) UK. You'll find sample agreements, guides of what to consider, and calendars.
Basic Parenting Plan Guide for Parents is a 51 page workbook developed by the Oregon Judicial Department. (alternate link to document)
Safety Focused Parenting Plan Guide for Parents is a 31 page workbook developed by the Oregon Judicial Department. (alternate link to document)
Model Parenting Time Plans for parent/child access is an informative, 52 page guide and workbook from the Arizona Supreme Court. (alternate link to document)
The Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County offers a 5 page, fill in the blank parenting plan. (alternate link to document)
Model Parenting Agreement is a 27 page, "fill-in-the-blanks" style worksheet for creating a detailed parenting plan from the Alaska Court System. (alternate link to document)
Child Custody Parenting Plans is a detailed workbook and software package by Bruce Smith, a Certified Family Mediator in Indiana. (commercial publication)
Building a Parenting Agreement that Works: How to Put Your Kids First When Your Marriage Doesn't Last is a by Mimi E. Lyster. (commercial publication)
Parenting Agreements/Parenting Plans: Everything You Need to Know is a 40 page "fill-in-the-blanks" agreement from The Custody Center. (commercial publication)
Parenting Plan Worksheet is a 12 page, "fill-in-the-blanks" guide to creating a detailed parenting plan from Gary Direnfeld. (commercial publication)
Resources for Shared Parenting suggests key things to keep in mind when developing a parenting plan, depending on the age range of the children. This is a short webpage of Kales & Kales, PLC, suggested to us by two children, Amber and Megan, from Learning Haven. An adult volunteer there suggested to the children that they contact us, to see if they could contribute to helping others by sharing this link with us, and then sharing it with others through our website. Thank you to the volunteer for trying to develop in these children a trait of taking the initiative and actually personally doing something with a good idea. We are very pleased to have been given an opportunity to support the efforts of these children, and reinforce the development of this great trait in them. Thanks kids, and way to go!