(1) Person Filing: Mailing Address: City, State, Zip: Phone Number: Representing Self Person Filing: Mailing Address: City, State, Zip: Phone Number: Representing Self SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA, COUNTY OF COCONINO (2) Petitioner: Respondent: Case Number: DO PARENTING PLAN AND JOINT CUSTODY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT: We agree on everything in this document, which is about the following children: (3) JOINT CUSTODY: (4) We will have joint legal custody. [ ] Mother or [ ] Father will have primary physical custody or [ ] we will have equally shared physical custody. We understand that joint custody does not necessarily mean equal parenting time. PARENTING TIME: The children will be in Father’s care as follows: (5) At the start of Father’s time with the children, [ ] Mother will drop them off or [ ] Father will pick them up at this time: at this location: Page 1 of 4 Revised November 2008 Coconino County Law Library and Self-Help Center Forms American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com The children will be in Mother’s care as follows: (6) At the start of Mother’s time with the children, [ ] Father will drop them off or [ ] Mother will pick them up at this time: at this location: While we understand the court may enforce this drop off and pick up arrangement, we will be reasonably flexible about it. Other Custody Arrangements: (7) [ ] During summer months or school breaks longer than four days not listed in the holiday schedule below, the children will be in [ ] Mother’s or [ ] Father’s care. -week vacation with the children. We will work out (8) [ ] We each are entitled to an annual the details of the vacation at least days in advance. We will inform each other of plans to travel out of the area with the children and of addresses and phone numbers where we and children can be reached during travel. (9) [ ] Neither parent will travel with the children outside Arizona for longer than days without the prior written consent of the other parent or order of the court. (10) Holiday Even Years Odd Years Mother Father Mother Father New Year’s Eve [] [] [] [] New Year’s Day [] [] [] [] Spring Vacation [] [] [] [] Easter [] [] [] [] Passover [] [] [] [] 4th of July [] [] [] [] Halloween [] [] [] [] Veteran’s Day [] [] [] [] Thanksgiving [] [] [] [] Hanukkah [] [] [] [] Christmas Eve [] [] [] [] Christmas Day [] [] [] [] Winter Break [] [] [] [] Children’s Birthdays [] [] [] [] (11) [ ] Mother will have the children on Mother’s Day and Father will have the children on Father’s Day. (12) [ ] Each parent will have the children on that parent’s birthday. (13) [ ] On three-day weekends, which include Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day, the children will remain in the care of the parent who has them for the weekend. (14) Holiday times will begin and end as follows: We may change the parenting plan by written agreement only, except in an emergency. Page 2 of 4 Revised November 2008 Coconino County Law Library and Self-Help Center Forms American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com (15) Other: PHONE ACCESS: (16) [ ] [] Each parent may contact the children by phone during the children’s normal waking hours. Other: ACCESS TO RECORDS AND INFORMATION: Under Arizona law (A.R.S. 25-403.06), unless otherwise provided by court order or law, on reasonable request, we are entitled to equal access to documents and other information concerning the children’s education and physical, mental, moral, and emotional health including medical, school, police, court, and other records directly from the custodian of the records or from the other parent. The court could impose sanctions against a person who does not comply with this law. EDUCATION: We will make major educational decisions together. We both may participate in school conferences, events, and activities and consult with teachers and other school personnel. HEALTH CARE: We will make major medical/dental decisions together (except for in emergency situations as noted below). We both may authorize emergency medical/dental treatment for the children and shall notify each other about that treatment immediately. We both may consult with the children’s health practitioners. We will cooperate on health matters concerning the children and keep each other reasonably informed, including about the names, addresses, and phone numbers of all medical/dental care providers. RELIGION: (17) [ ] [] [] Each parent may take the children to a place of worship of that parent’s choice while the children are in that parent’s care. The children may be instructed in the following faith: Religious arrangements do not apply to this Plan. IN ADDITION, WE WILL: • • • • Inform each other in advance of address and/or phone number changes. Notify each other in writing before relocating a child out-of-state or over 100 miles within Arizona, if both parents live in Arizona, as required by Arizona law (A.R.S. 25-408). Use the Parenting Plan most recently in place until other arrangements are made if either parent moves out of the area without the children and returns later. Inform each other promptly of emergencies and other important events involving the children. Page 3 of 4 Revised November 2008 Coconino County Law Library and Self-Help Center Forms American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com • • • • Consult wth each other and agree about extra activities that affect the children’s access to either parent. Consider each other as care-providers for the children before making other childcare arrangements. Not use the children to convey information or change the parenting plan. Encourage love and respect between the children and the other parent, and do nothing that might hurt the other parent’s relationship with the children. REVIEWING THE PLAN: (18) We will review this Plan every for any necessary or desired changes . months after the date we sign this Plan and ask the court DISPUTES: We will make our best effort to cooperate consistent with the children’s best interests and amicably resolve any disputes. If we are unable to reach an agreement about proposed changes, disputes, or alleged breaches of this Plan, we may request mediation through the court or a private mediator of our choice. While a dispute is being resolved, we will continue to follow this Plan. (19) Date: Date: Page 4 of 4 Revised November 2008 Mother’s Signature: Father’s Signature: Coconino County Law Library and Self-Help Center Forms American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com