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Key Issues That We Will Discuss |
This is just a small sample
of topics that are discussed in your parenting
mediation. Your mediator will guide you through a
comprehensive process that not only includes the sample
subject areas, but through areas which are often left
unaddressed and unresolved. Your final product will be a
parenting agreement that is broad yet concise, covering not
only what is contained in this partial list, but also the
most challenging and conflict stimulating areas of child
rearing.
TIME SHARING
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Time spent with each parent
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Day-today schedule
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Summer vacation
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Holidays
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Child care
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Relocating
CHILD SUPPORT
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Calculation
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Conditions of adjustment
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How paid
EDUCATION
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Areas of decision making authority
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Parental involvement/records
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College
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Decisions
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How funded?
MEDICAL AND INSURANCE
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On whose policy do the children go
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Health and hospitalization
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Dental/Orthodontia
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Vision
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Mental health
SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE
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Faith/denomination decision making
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Do the kids attend services?
EXPENSES
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Extracurricular activities
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Areas of decision making authority
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How activities are paid
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Medical
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Decisions – Who makes the “tough” decision?
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Copays, co-insurance,
prescriptions – how paid?
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Orthodontist – how paid?
PARENTAL COMMUNICATION, ETHICS, AND CHILD DISCIPLINE
MISCELLANEOUS
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Vacations and travel - Permissions/notifications
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Owning/operating firearms/cars/motorcycles/ATVs/boats
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New parental partners and how they interact with your child
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