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Colorado Custody Agreement

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How to Create Your Child Custody Agreement in Colorado (CO)

Creating your child custody agreement is the most important thing you'll do in your custody situation. The custody agreement contains the information about how parents will divide parental responsibility, share time with the children, and continue to care and provide for the children. The custody agreement turns into the custody order, making it a legal document that the parents must follow. Therefore, it is crucial that parents take the time and effort to make the best custody agreement possible.

Creating a Child Custody Agreement

The first step in making your child custody agreement is to understand the definitions of physical custody and legal custody.

Physical custody means the time the child is with the parent and in the parent's care.
Physical custody can be given to one parent--a sole physical custody agreement--with visitation to the other parent, or parents may have a joint physical custody agreement where they both spend significant time caring for the children (although, in a joint custody agreement, the time doesn't have to be exactly equal).
Legal custody refers to the rights and responsibilities the parents have over making decisions for the child. This includes decisions about education, medical and dental care, religion, child care, driving privileges, extra-curricular activities, etc.
A mother or father may have sole legal custody over the children, or they may share joint legal custody. Parents can have joint legal custody without sharing joint physical custody.

Basically, your custody agreement contains information about how you and the other parent will share and divide legal and physical custody and a plan for how you will make those arrangements work.

For physical custody, the parents should include a complete custody and visitation schedule, a holiday schedule, and include any days or events where the custody situation changes.
For legal custody, the agreement should contain the process for how decisions will be made and how the decision making responsibility will be shared.
Parents can also include more provisions in their agreement that provide rules that help the parents work out custody issues. For example, many agreements have provisions that outline how transportation for visits will be handled.
Anything else that will help the custody arrangements go more smoothly and help the parents cooperate should also be put in the agreement.

Every state has different laws governing the custody agreement. Here is the important information to know if you are making a custody agreement in Colorado.

Colorado parents can cooperate on a custody agreement and submit it together to the court. These agreements are generally accepted and both parents are satisfied.
If the parents are not able to agree, the court makes the final decisions about the agreement.
Before the court decides, each parent will have the chance to present a proposed agreement to the judge and explain why that agreement is the best one for the child.
The judge will then determine what the agreement will be based on the best interests of the child.
Some of the factors the judge will consider when determining what is best for the child include the wishes of the parents and the child; the child's relationship to each parent; the child's adjustment to home, school, and community; the mental and physical health of everyone involved; the ability of the parents; the past involvement of the parents with the child; and the physical distance between the parents.
Parents should also think about these factors as they create and present their custody agreement.

How Custody X Change can Help

Custody X Change is child custody software that lets parents create custody agreements that have all of the information about physical and legal custody. The program helps you make an agreement that the court will accept and make into a custody order. With the software you can:

Make a complete custody and visitation schedule with a repeating cycle of custody, a holiday schedule, vacation time, and special events.
Include information about how legal custody will be divided and shared between the parents.
View the exact timeshare percentage that each parent has with the children so you can create the best schedule for your situation.
Add important provisions and stipulations to help the custody arrangements work better.
Print professional reports that contain your agreement, including a written and calendar form of the custody schedule, a list of the included provisions, and a detailed timeshare percentage document.
Track what is going on with your custody situation by marking the actual time that each parent has the children, keeping a visitation journal, and printing a report that shows the difference between actual and scheduled time with the children.
Export all of the reports to Word, PDF, and Excel.
Sync your custody and visitation schedule to your Blackberry, iPhone, Palm/PDA, Outlook, Google Calendar, Yahoo Calendar, Windows Live, etc.

How Parents in Colorado Use Custody X Change

Create the best possible custody agreement for your child with a plan for how you and the other parent will continue to parent your child.
Make a parenting time schedule by exploring options for the calendar and using the timeshare percentage to make sure it is fair.
Add provisions that customize the agreement so it meets the needs of your child.
Work together with the other parent to come up with a joint agreement that both of you can support.
Prepare sample custody agreements to show to the other parent or to bring to mediation.
Represent yourself at court and show your proposed agreement using the documents from the program.
Save money in legal fees and have greater satisfaction in your agreement by making it yourself.
Avoid a costly and lengthy legal battle by using the software to make an agreement both parents like.
Track the actual time that each parent has with the children so you know if the schedule is being followed or if it needs to be modified.
Pay or receive child support that is based on the actual timeshare percentage each parent has with the children.
Keep a custody and visitation journal so you have documentation about visitation and other events.
Print copies of the calendar or sync the calendar to your computer/phone so you always know what is going on.
Feel relaxed and confident about your agreement so you can focus your energy on raising your child.

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Additional state custody agreement articles you might want to consider:

Related article (not state-specific): Custody Agreement.

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