PARENTING PLAN MISTAKES TO AVOID

Your child may only be two or seven years old when you divorce, but if you don’t address in your Parenting Plan NOW who will pay for college, you’ll be back in an expensive court battle with your ex before you know it.

While it is not possible to see everything lurking in your crystal ball, not looking far enough ahead and not considering as many possibilities as you can, are major mistakes that people make when writing up and agreeing to a Parenting Plan.

You can agree to almost anything in your Parenting Plan (as long as it’s no illegal, of course). For instance, one women who’s (car and bike fanatical) husband had got in a drunk driving accident with their son, stipulated that their children will not be allowed to be a passenger on or drive a motor bike until they are 18.

A Divorce Coach at www.divorcedoula.com can help you write a personalized, comprehensive Parenting Plan to take into your lawyer.

In this post, please share with others, stipulations in your Parenting Plan that have been useful and what stipulations others should avoid.

RESOURCES

Do you have a GREAT attorney, counselor, financial advisor or other professional who you’d like to recommend to others. Please list them here.

Here’s a few:

Divorce Coaches
Financial, Practical, Emotional Advice
Divorce Doula, Inc.
http://www.divorcedoula.com/

Family Law Attorney
Rosemarie Warren-LeMoine (Bellevue)
425-462-0838

Family Counselor
Jo Tamayao-Hanson, M.S.W./L.M.H.C.
425-485-4755
206-478-3503

How to find a lawyer in the State of Wa
Washington State Bar Association
(Also has online public resources.)
www.wsba.org

Locate a Family Therapist Near You
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Website:
www.aamft.org