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Key Issues That We Will Discuss |
CHILD
ISSUES
Time spent
with each parent
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Holidays - Martin Luther King, Easter, Spring Break, Memorial Day,
Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, July 4, Labor day, Thanksgiving, Christmas
or Winter Break, Children’s Birthdays, Other holidays.
Summers
Weekends
Days during
the week
School
Schedules – day care, after school care issues
Selection
of child care providers, baby sitters, parent out of town travel
CUSTODY OF
MINOR CHILDREN
Legal
Custody, Physical Custody
Parent
moving, when a parent lives far away, children traveling to visit parent
CHILD SUPPORT
Monthly
payments
o
amount,
does it adjust?
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how paid – EFT, check, income assignment
o
is it guaranteed?
Circumstances when amount would be increased, reduced, suspended or
terminated
EDUCATION
EXPENSES
Preschool, Private Schools, Home schooling
Other school issues – involvement at events, school records, decision
making
College (type college, responsibility of child, parents), Technical
Schools, Community College, etc
MEDICAL
INSURANCE
Health and
hospitalization - mental, dental, orthodontist, vision, psychological -
monthly premiums, annual deductibles, sharing amounts not covered by
insurance
DECISIONS
Religious
Health/Medical
Educational
Responsibility for Day to Day matters
Other Decisions
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Appearance Changes
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Emergency Authority
COMMUNICATION,
DISCIPLINE, ETHICS
Working
together for the child’s best interest, children communicating with
other parent (how and how often)
Comments concerning other spouse in front of children
Child
discipline/rules to promote consistency
Resolving of parental disputes
Issues regarding future
significant others and they relate to the children
MISCELLANEOUS
Vacations and travel - Permissions/notifications
Major
appearance changes
Owning/operating firearms/cars/motorcycles/ATVs/boats
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