Questions to consider in a co-parenting plan.
Which parent will provide your children’s “home base”?
How often will the other parent have visitation?
Who will be responsible for pick-ups, drop-offs, and transportation-related expenses?
How will you decide to approve or disapprove of new extracurricular activities?
Will your child a place of worship on a regular basis?
Who will be your children’s primary physician?
How will you cover health care and medical expenses?
What happens if one of you loses your health insurance?
Where will your children go to school or attend daycare?
How will the children get to and from school or daycare?
Who will be allowed to pick up the children from school or daycare?
How will you decide whether to enroll your children in tutoring, camps, or additional classes?
How will you save for college?
How will you decide where your children will apply to college and in which college they will enroll?
Where will your current pets live? What if your children want to adopt new pets in the future?
When will your children get their own phones? How much privacy will you give them?
What restrictions (if any) will you place on your children’s use of the Internet and social media?
How will you schedule vacations during spring and summer breaks?
How will you divide time during the holidays (or will you spend holidays together)?
Which parent or parents will attend recitals, games, and other child-centered events?
Will the children have a dress code?
How will you address situations where one parent needs to travel for work during his or her scheduled parenting time?
When should your children be able (or required) to apply for jobs?
When will your children receive driver’s education? What driving privileges will they have?
What curfew will you enforce?
What will you do if one of your children wants to join the military?
What will you do if one of your children wants to get a piercing or tattoo?
What will you do if your child gets caught using drugs or alcohol?
What will you do if you and your co-parent are unable to agree regarding a decision affecting your children?