What You Will Learn

If you are unable to resolve children’s issues with your co-parent, the court system will take over, beginning with the custody evaluation system … Eventually, there is a trial, after which a judge makes the decisions that the parents have been unable to.

Larry Sarezky, Esq. - From: The Talk to Strangers Pocket Guide for Parents: Protecting Children from Custody Battles

Journal Entry

Please take a few minutes to answer the following question:

1. What scares you about working with the courts to finalize your divorce or separation or settle your co-parenting plans?

Watch this video. Listen to the children’s feelings about the various options in parenting plans. Take some notes about the different plans that are used.

02:42

What different arrangements did you notice? Most of these kids talk about living with mom. How is it different if children live with dad most of the time? How would it be different if there are two moms or two dads? How is your situation the same and different from what these children discuss?

About This Unit

In this Unit, we will talk about working with the courts to set up parenting plans and make money decisions.

After you finish this unit, you should be able to:

List what you and your parenting partner consider important in a parenting plan.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using a lawyer, a mediator, and/or your own ideas to design a parenting plan.
List some of the issues that are important when developing a parenting plan for children of different ages.
Discuss how decisions about money after divorce and separation are related to parenting plans.
Feel comfortable with the arrangements you are making for co-parenting.

4 Hour - Co-Parenting / Divorce Class

--:-- Welcome

--:-- Intake Forms

21:00 Taking Care of You

33:00 Taking Care of the Children

26:00 Managing as a Single Parent

35:00 Co-Parenting

39:00 Moving Ahead

--:-- Unit 5
--:-- Before This Unit
--:-- What You Will Learn
02:00 Finding Your Focus
06:00 Making Decisions
19:00 Caring for the Children
12:00 Designing a Parenting Plan
--:-- What Did You Learn
--:-- At The End of This Unit
--:-- Optional Reading
--:-- Additional Resources
--:-- Sources

--:-- Final Exam

--:-- Survey

--:-- Completion

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My Certificate

When will I receive my certificate?

IMMEDIATELY upon successful completion of your final exam you will receive an instant certificate of completion.

Financial Support

Do you offer financial support?

YES. If you had your filing fees waived or on a government assistance program email us proof and we will provide discounted programs upon qualification.

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