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"I just want to let you know that your software is great and easy to use. My son’s mom and I don’t agree on much, but we do try to make adjustments to accommodate my son’s many activities. It is great to get my son’s baseball schedule in March, look at my Custody Xchange calendar, and know that what nights in April, May, and June we are going to switch. Thanks again."

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Meriden, CT

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"It can be tailored made to fit your unique schedule with holidays and vacations, plus it breaks the time share down so you can come up with a true shared parenting schedule. It helped me so much and I was pro se against a family law specialist, the judge adopted my plan that I came up with using custody exchange. Thank you so much it was invaluable."

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Arroyo Grande, CA

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Child Custody Modification

Don't give up, your kids need you.

A custody modification, or a petition to change the custody order, is a change to the final custody order. The custody order comes about when the judge or the court accepts a parenting plan and makes it the legal document about the custody case. Once the custody order is final, a parent has to go back to court to make any changes to it.

There are several reasons why a parent would want to modify the custody order. There are major adjustments that a parent could want--like wanting to become the custodial parent or to substantially increase visitation time. And there are minor adjustments--like changing a holiday schedule or lengthening vacation time when the children get older. No matter what kind of change you want to make, Custody X Change can help.

Custody X Change is custody tracking software that lets parents create a parenting plan. Through the program, parents create a custody calendar that includes the repeating cycle of custody, a holiday schedule, vacation time, and special events. The program gives the time-share and overnight percentage that each parent has with the children. You can also include provisions and stipulations about how the children will be raised. All of this information can be printed out in legal terminology or you can export it to Word or PDF and make any changes.

So, how does this help you modify your custody? Well, if you want to change your custody order, you need to present a new parenting plan with the changes. The easiest and quickest way to prepare that parenting plan is through Custody X Change.

Let's look at some scenarios to see specifically how Custody X Change can help.

You want to make some changes about visitation during school breaks. Your children are getting older and you think they could handle some longer visitation with you during their spring and winter breaks. You want to add in a couple of weeks of visitation and change a few of the holidays. With Custody X Change you click on the repeating cycle that you currently have. The program applies the cycle to the entire year (or however many years you want to see). You then go to the holiday schedule. You can easily change the custody of the holidays and extend the length of the visitation during the school breaks. You can put in all of your current parenting plan information and print it out. Then you can make the changes you want and print out a new copy. You can show the child's other parent and you can also show them the change in the time-share percentage. Both of you can have a copy of the changes. The other parent readily agrees to the change and you go to court just to have them accept it.

You want to be the custodial parent. The other parent has been leaving the kids with you a lot and doesn't seem to want them around very much. You decide that you should have custody of the kids. You know that the other parent won't agree to it, so you need to prepare to present your case in court. With Custody X Change you can create the parenting plan you want the court to accept. You can put in the custody and visitation schedule that you want, and also any provisions. You could also create a calendar showing the extra times that you have had the children. The court will be impressed because you will have the exact percentage of time you have been with the kids. You can then explain to the judge that your parenting plan is in the best interest of the kids and get the order changed.

You and the child's other parent have never an official parenting plan and you have always just talked to each other about visitation and custody. However, the other parent is planning on moving out of state. Before the other parent moves, you need to file for child custody. After you file, you and the other parent need to create a parenting plan to show the court. With Custody X Change you can sit down and create your custody and visitation schedule and come up with terms for visitation. If you and the other parent agree then the court will probably just accept it. If you and the other parent don't agree, you can use Custody X Change to create your parenting plan and then present that to the court. You can use the professional documents to show that it is in the child's best interest to remain in your custody. The court will make their decision and that will become the custody order.

The parenting plan should always be in your child's best interest. Don't be afraid to change it if the circumstances of custody change. Use Custody X Change to get the custody order that you want. Download a free trial and find out how it can help you.