Children's issues and Parenting Agreements

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Childrens issues and parenting arrangements
Karen L Haga Associates
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• Childrens issues and parenting arrangements
• When an agreement on a divorce has children
  involved, it is necessary to keep their best
  interest in any decision making. Separation is an
  extremely difficult time for children and we want
  to minimise the impact on them and keep their
  rights in mind, whether we are negotiating
  custody, access, child support or visitation
  rights.
• Separation is usually a stressful time for your
  children and they may react in different ways to
  separation or divorce. How they react often
  depends on the childs age, temperament and the
  level of cooperation or conflict between the
  parents. Since every family is different,
  parenting arrangements will be different from
  family to family. You and your former partner
  should try to make arrangements that will work
  the best for your children. When making
  arrangements for your children, you will need to
  take into account
• their age,
• their routine,
• how they will spend time with each parent and
  other people (e.g. grandparents or relatives),
• who will look after them after school and where
  will they spend holidays
• any other things such as choice of school, health
  care, sport, or religious matters, and
• how to ensure that the children continue to enjoy
  their culture.
• If you and your former partner agree on the
  future arrangements for your children after
  separation you do not have to go to court, you
  can
• make a parenting plan, or
• obtain consent orders approved by a court.
• Courts make orders about parental
  responsibilities only if the parents cannot agree
  about the arrangements for their children, these
  are called parenting orders.
• You should seek for legal advice in order to make
  an appropriate parenting arrangement and find out
  the best approach for you.

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