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Parenting Plan Generator

Answer a few questions about your schedule, decision-making, and communication preferences, and get a clean, structured parenting plan draft.

This tool drafts a plain-language starting point, not a legal document. Have any parenting plan reviewed by a family law professional in your state before relying on it, and filed with the court if your situation requires that.
Education
Non-emergency medical & dental
Religious upbringing
Extracurricular activities
Threshold:hours
PARENTING PLAN
Parent A and Parent B

2. CUSTODY SCHEDULE
   Pattern: 2-2-3
   Parent A: Mon-Tue, Parent B: Wed-Thu, then the weekend parent alternates and carries into the next Mon-Tue.

3. DECISION-MAKING
   - Education: Joint decision-making (both parents agree)
   - Non-emergency medical & dental: Joint decision-making (both parents agree)
   - Religious upbringing: Joint decision-making (both parents agree)
   - Extracurricular activities: Joint decision-making (both parents agree)

4. COMMUNICATION
   Primary method: A shared co-parenting app or messaging thread
   Both parents agree to communicate factually and promptly about anything affecting the children.

5. EXCHANGES
   Location: To be agreed by both parents
   Transportation: The parent starting their time drops the children off.

6. RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
   If a parent needs childcare for more than 4 hours during their parenting time, the other parent gets the first opportunity to step in.

7. HOLIDAYS
   See the accompanying holiday schedule (build one at /tools/holiday-schedule-generator).

8. PLAN REVIEW
   Annually, or sooner if either parent's circumstances change significantly

This document was drafted as a starting point and is not a legal document.
Have it reviewed, and filed if needed, by a family law professional in your state.

What's in a plan

Why these eight sections

The schedule and decision-making

These are the two things that cause the most conflict later if they're vague. Naming a specific custody pattern and being explicit about who decides what (or that it's joint) removes ambiguity before it becomes an argument.

Communication and exchanges

Agreeing on how you'll talk (and where handoffs happen) in a calm moment now saves a lot of friction later, especially once emotions are involved in a specific situation.

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