Work out one need at a time
Most co-parenting fights are about one practical thing. Name it, write your side as facts rather than insults, and look for what you could give a little on, so the kids are not stuck in the middle.
Start for your kidsWho it is for
- Child support amount
- Parenting time and the schedule
- Exchanges and pickups
- Parenting time that is not being followed
- A school or activities decision
- Medical and health decisions
- Holidays and special days
- Something else
What you get
- Plain questions for the need you picked, such as what the kids need the money for in your home
- A place to write what feels fair and why, and what you could give on
- A step to try to agree outside court first
- A step to invite a mediator if you are stuck
- The court steps only if you truly need them
How it works
- 1Choose the need. Pick the one thing that has to be worked out right now.
- 2Answer in plain words. Facts, the child need, and what you could live with.
- 3Agree, mediate, or, last, file. Each path is laid out in order so court stays the last resort.