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Building a Parenting Agreement That Works: How to Put Your Kids
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By Mimi E. Lyster, Nolo Press
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GRANDPARENTS have long
been the backbone to any family. In times of trouble, they are
the first place struggling parents turn. However, when the struggles
turn into a bitter divorce battle, it is the grandparents who
are punished. Unfortunately, it is the children who ultimately
suffer...
...You have the right and the obligation to
stand up for yourself and for your grandchildren, see
grandparents'
custody!
Did You Know?
UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT
now totals more than $90 billion in the United States.
Learn what resources are at your disposal and
how to use the system to your advantage. Collecting what you
are owed is your right and gives your children the benefits
they deserve, see
child support!
Did You Know?
The estimated amount of UNPAID
CHILD SUPPORT in America runs into the billions of dollars.
Even highly conservative sources say that at least 10 percent
of non-custodial spouses don’t pay their child support, yet
the vast majority of spouses who don’t pay their child support
are not broke: they just claim to be, see
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Edition: 6th
Pages: 352 pp
Pub. Date: Oct 2007
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Table of Contents
List of Forms
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The updated 6th edition includes checklists
and worksheets to help you complete the included
fill-in-the-blank custody agreement. It also provides
the current custody laws of your state.
List of Forms
- Worksheet 1: Describe Your Child
- Worksheet 2: Describe Your Relationship
With Your Child
- Worksheet 3: Adding the Details
- Worksheet 4: Checklist of Issues for Your
Parenting Agreement
- Parenting Agreement
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Building a Parenting Agreement That Works: How to Put Your Kids
First When Your Marriage Doesn't Last
By Mimi E. Lyster, Nolo Press
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Description:
Avoid custody battles -- save time, money
and grief.
Working out a fair and realistic child-custody agreement
is one of the most difficult tasks for parents going through
a divorce or separation. Building a Parenting Agreement
That Works is the only book to show separating or divorcing
parents how to overcome obstacles and create win-win custody
agreements.
A professional mediator, author Mimi Lyster sets out 40 issues
separating parents typically face, and presents all the options
to resolving them. The book walks you through all the factors
you must consider, including:
- medical care
- education
- religious training
- living arrangements
- holidays
- money issues
- dealing with changes in an existing agreement
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
- A. Make Your Own Custody Decisions If Possible
- B. What If We Need Outside Help?
- C. Balancing Parenting and Financial Issues
- D. Why This Book Is Unique
- E. A Word to Skeptics
- F. What If You Just Want to Fight?
- G. Icons Used in This Book
Part I: Getting Started
1. Taking Stock of Your Situation
- A. You Are Not Alone
- B. Keep Your Parenting Plan Focused on Your Children
- C. It Gets Easier Over Time
- D. Learn How to Negotiate
- E. If the Other Parent Is Absent
- F. If There Is Violence or Abuse in the Family
2. An Introduction to Parenting Agreements
- A. What Parenting Agreements Cover
- B. Advantages of Parent-Negotiated Agreements
- C. Goals of a Successful Parenting Agreement
- D. Parenting Agreements and Custody
3. Getting Organized
- A. Organize and Review Documents
- B. Completing the Worksheets
- C. Sample Worksheets
4. How to Negotiate a Parenting Agreement
- A. Knowing What You Need and Want
- B. When Conflict Gets in the Way
- C. Using Effective Negotiation and Problem-Solving Strategies
- D. Breaking Through Impasses
- E. Knowing Where to Get Help and Support
Part II: Your Parenting Agreement
5. Building Your Agreement
- A. Where to Begin
- B. Cooperate! Cooperate! Cooperate!
- C. Get Outside Help
- D. Keep Your Agreement Current
6. Basic Elements
- A. Issue 1: Where Our Children Will Live
- B. Issue 2: Medical, Dental, and Vision Care
- C. Issue 3: Disparaging Remarks
- D. Issue 4: Consistency in Raising Children
- E. Issue 5: Holidays
- F. Issue 6: Education
- G. Issue 7: Insurance
- H. Issue 8: Making Decisions
- I. Issue 9: Resolving Disputes
- J. Issue 10: Labeling the Custody Arrangement
7. Finishing Touches
- A. Issue 11: Exchanging Information
- B. Issue 12: Child Care
- C. Issue 13: Special Occasions and Family Events
- D. Issue 14: Vacations
- E. Issue 15: Outside Activities
- F. Issue 16: Transporting the Children
- G. Issue 17: Improving Transition Times
- H. Issue 18: Maintaining Contact
- I. Issue 19: Grandparents, Relatives, and Important
Friends
- J. Issue 20: Psychiatric and Other Mental Health Care
- K. Issue 21: Religious Training
- L. Issue 22: Surname
- M. Issue 23: Treating Each Child as an Individual
- N. Issue 24: Separating Adult and Parenting Issues
- O. Issue 25: Making Changes
- P. Issue 26: Making Substantive Changes to the Agreement
- Q. Issue 27: Explaining the Agreement to Your Children
8. Serious Issues
- A. Issue 28: Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Child
Neglect
- B. Issue 29: Alcohol or Drug Abuse
- C. Issue 30: Undermining the Parent-Child Relationship
- D. Issue 31: Denying Access to the Children
- E. Issue 32: If Extended Family Members or Close Friends
Are Fueling the Dispute
9. Special Circumstances
- A. Issue 33: Moving
- B. Issue 34: When Parenting Styles and Values Differ
- C. Issue 35: When a Parent Needs to Develop Parenting
Skills
- D. Issue 36: When Parents Have New Partners
- E. Issue 37: If Our Homes Are Far Apart
- F. Issue 38: When Nonrelatives Live in the Home
- G. Issue 39: Reinvolving a Previously Absent Parent
- H. Issue 40: Driving and Owning a Car, Motorcycle, or
Off-Road Vehicle
- I. Issue 41: International Travel and Passports
- J. Issue 42: Military Service
- K. Issue 43: Allowing Underage Marriage
Part III: Beyond Your Parenting Agreement
10. Child Support, Alimony, and Jointly Owned Property
- A. Understanding Child Support
- B. Understanding Alimony or Spousal Support
- C. Negotiating Child and Spousal Support
- D. Dividing Jointly Owned Property
11. Making Mediation and Arbitration Work for You
- A. How Mediation Works
- B. Why Mediation Works
- C. Proposing Mediation
- D. Understanding Basic Mediation Techniques
- E. Why Mediation Works in Very Difficult Cases
- F. What Mediators Don't Do
- G. Choosing Between Court-Ordered and Private Mediation
- H. When the Mediator Makes a Recommendation to the Court
- I. Custody Evaluations
- J. Choosing a Mediator
- K. Preparing for Mediation
- L. If You Can't Reach an Agreement
- M. Alternatives to Mediation
12. Dealing With Changes in Your Agreement
- A. Why Changes Are Necessary-And How to Handle Them
- B. When You Are the One Initiating Change
- C. When You Are the One Responding to a Request for
Change
- D. When Tensions Are Running High
- E. What to Do After You Negotiate the Changes
13. Understanding Your Children's Needs
- A. Strategies for Your Children at Any Age
- B. Strategies for Your Children at Different Ages and
Developmental Stages
- C. Strategies for Children With Special Needs
14. Multiracial, Multicultural, and International Families
- A. Accommodating Differences in Child-Rearing Practices
- B. Encouraging Children to Celebrate the Traditions
of Both Parents
- C. Sorting Out the Role of Power Within the Family
- D. Working Within the American Legal System
- E. Deciding Whether Another Country Has Authority Over
Parenting (Custody) Issues
15. Nontraditional Families
- A. What Are Nontraditional Families?
- B. The Legal Relationship of a Nontraditional Parent
and His or Her Children
- C. Recognizing the Nontraditional Parent's Role
- D. Resolving Conflict in a Way That Meets Your Family's
Needs
- E. Creating New Relationships After the Divorce or Separation
16. State and Federal Laws Affecting Child Custody
- A. Custody and Visitation
- B. Best Interests of the Child
- C. Mediation
- D. Interference With Custody
- E. Interstate Custody Disputes
- F. International Custody Disputes
- G. Custody and the IRS
17. Help Beyond the Book
- A. Researching Legal Issues
- B. Researching Nonlegal Issues
- C. Research on the World Wide Web
- D. Finding Professionals Who Can Help
- E. Additional Resources
- F. Bibliography
Appendix: Tear-Out Forms
- Worksheet 1: Describe Your Child
- Worksheet 2: Describe Your Relationship With Your Child
- Worksheet 3: Adding the Details
- Worksheet 4: Checklist of Issues for Your Parenting
Agreement
- Parenting Agreement
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