Building a Parenting Agreement That Works: Child Custody Agreements Step by Step. This item is unavailable.Building a Parenting Agreement That Works: Child Custody Agreements Step by Step

Avoid child custody battles and save money, time, and grief

Working out a fair and realistic custody agreement is often crucial in protecting children’s best interests, but it may seem impossible for divorcing parents. That’s where Building a Parenting Agreement That Works comes in. This comprehensive guide will show you how to overcome all kinds of obstacles and build a win-win custody agreement that allows everyone—especially your children—to thrive.

Find out how to:

• minimize conflict, even in tense situations
• create a workable agreement together, and
• modify or renegotiate an existing agreement.

Take advantage of practical solutions and sample language to resolve important issues like:

• health care, education, and religion
• living arrangements and moving
• new partners and surnames
• holidays, travel, and grandparent visits
• different approaches to discipline, and
• alcohol and drug use.

"The author draws on her experience as a professional mediator to give real-life solutions to some of the most common custody issues." New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Zemmelman, who works with parents and others to come to mutually beneficial agreements, offers a guide that helps separating or divorcing parents (married or unmarried) work out a child custody agreement. She addresses how to take stock of the situation, get organized, and negotiate an agreement; build the agreement, its basic elements, parenting issues to address, serious situations like domestic violence and alcohol or drug abuse, and special challenges like moving, military service, and when homes are far apart; and aspects beyond the agreement, including child support, alimony, held property, mediation and arbitration, making changes, understanding the child's needs, multiracial, multicultural, international, and nontraditional families, and state and federal laws affecting child custody. A sample agreement is included." Eithne O'Leyne, Editor Ringgold, Inc. ProtoView

"A step-by-step guide meant to help even the most hostile couples work out terms for raising their children after the family splits." Newsday