Parenting Time Schedule

You need a good parenting time schedule to create a custody situation where you can fully enjoy your time with the children. A good parenting time schedule eliminates the stress and hassle of confusing drop-offs and pick-ups, complicated visitation times, and conflicting ideas because you and the other parent have a calendar that shows where your child is every day of the year. A good parenting time schedule also allows you to feel satisfied and secure with the custody arrangements because you know the exact times you will be with the children, and this helps you focus on appreciating every precious moment of parenting time.

Your parenting schedule is one of the most important documents that come from your custody proceeding. It is essential that you do everything in your power to make a schedule you like, because this schedule dictates how much you will see your child until your child is an adult. So, what can you do to ensure that you get a satisfying schedule?

Custody X Change is a software program written to help parents make the best possible parenting time schedule. By using this software, you can easily make a schedule that gives you the time you want with your children. Here's how the program works.

Each tab lets you create part of your schedule.

This is a screenshot of the opening page of the program. Basically, each tab at the top of the program lets you add part of your schedule. You click through each tab to add a repeating cycle of custody, vacation information, a holiday schedule, and special events on the calendar.

The calendar tab with the time-share percentage.

You can click on the calendar tab at any time and see your schedule all laid out. You can make any one-time changes and add special events by clicking and dragging on the days of the calendar. You can also view the time-share percentage that each parent has with the children at the bottom of the calendar. Every time you make a change, the time-share is adjusted. This way you know exactly how much time you have with the children.

Custody X Change lets you go above and beyond creating just the basic custody schedule--the program also helps you make that schedule successful. To begin with, the program lets you add parenting provisions into your custody agreement. These provisions help the parenting schedule run more smoothly because you and the other parent have a set of rules that you follow. You can add stipulations about visitation transportation, traveling with the child, communicating with the other parent, etc. The program has a long list of provisions to add, and you can also make your own personal provisions.

You can print out a calendar of your schedule.

Next, you can print documents of your parenting time schedule (you get a calendar of the schedule as well as a written form of it), the parenting provisions, and a time-share and overnight percentage report. You can then use these documents to communicate and work with the other parent, prepare and present a case for court, show at mediation, and/or keep on hand so you always know what's going on with the schedule.

You can print a report that shows the scheduled parenting time compared to the actual parenting time.

Finally, once the schedule is in place, you can use the program to track the schedule. The software has a journaling and tracking feature where you can enter in the actual parenting time and journal about the visits and other custody issues. You can then print a report that shows the difference between the scheduled parenting time and the actual time and your notes in the journal. These are important documents to have if you ever need to modify the schedule and they also help you the other parent follow the schedule exactly. Tracking gives you the peace of mind that you know exactly what is going on with your custody situation.

Custody X Change provides a way for you to get the parenting schedule you want. Download a free trial of the program and see how it can help you.