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New Hampshire Parenting Plan

Custody X Change can help you create a
parenting plan in New Hampshire.

How to Create Your Parenting Plan in
New Hampshire (NH)

Your parenting plan is the most important document in your child custody situation. The parenting plan outlines all of the information about how you and the child's other parent will continue to care for the child after a divorce or separation. It is vital that parents take the time to create a detailed, well-thought out plan that centers around the best interests of their children. Here are some things to consider for parents making a parenting plan in New Hampshire.

What to Include in a Parenting Plan

Your parenting plan should include information about how parents will divide parental responsibility and share time with the children.

Legal custody refers to the parent's rights to make decisions for and about their child. This includes decisions about education, child care, religion, medical and dental care, etc. When the children are older it includes decisions about driving, working part time, extra-curricular activities, school functions, etc.
In sole legal custody, one parent has the right to make decisions about the child.
In joint legal custody the parents share this responsibility. The parents can divide the decisions between them or they can consult each other about all of the issues.
Physical custody refers to how the parents share the time with the children. Parents need to figure out where their children will live during the week, on weekends, during holidays, vacation time, etc.
In sole physical custody, the child lives with one parent and has visitation with the other parent.
In a joint physical custody arrangement, the child spends substantial time living with both parents. The time doesn't have to be exactly split in half in joint physical custody.

So, Your Parenting Plan Needs to Have

The type of legal and physical custody the parents have chosen (parents may have joint legal custody without joint physical custody),
A custody and visitation schedule that shows when the child is with each parent,
A holiday and vacation schedule,
How the parents will make decisions for the child,
Provisions that the parents want to include about parenting, and
Any other information the parents want to include concerning the child custody arrangements.

New Hampshire Parenting Plans

New Hampshire law requires that parents file a parenting plan.
You can file one that both parents have worked on and agree to, or each parent can file an individual plan with the court.
If parents are not able to cooperate on a plan, the court may order them to attend custody mediation.
A New Hampshire parenting plan must include information about legal custody and how the parents will divide up decision making responsibility; residential responsibility and parenting schedule complete with schedules for daily time, holidays, three day weekends, and vacations, along with provisions about supervised parenting time and other parental responsibilities; the legal residence of the child for school attendance; information about transportation and the exchange of the children; information about sharing and access--including if the parents can contact the children through writing or the telephone; a procedure for review and the adjustment of the plan; methods for resolving disputes; and any other parenting provisions or agreements the parents want to include.
Parents filing an individual plan with the court will both present their plans and the court will decide on either parents plan or make a new one.
In New Hampshire, the law presumes that it is in the best interest of the child if the parents share legal custody.
A parent who doesn't have this in their plan should be prepared to explain why legal custody would harm the child.
Throughout most of the state, a parent can turn in any document as their parenting plan, as long as the required information is part of it.
In some counties, however, parents may need to fill out certain forms or have their plan be in a certain order. Check at the county courthouse for more information.

How Custody X Change Can Help

Custody X Change is custody software that helps parents create a parenting plan. The software makes it easy to put in all of the necessary information so that your plan can be accepted by the court. With the software, you can:

Create your custody and visitation schedule by making a repeating cycle of custody, a holiday schedule, and adding in any vacation time and special events.
See the exact timeshare percentage that each parent has with the children when you set up your schedule.
Include information about how legal custody will be divided.
Add extra parenting provisions and stipulations into your plan.
Print professional documents of the entire parenting plan, including a written form of the custody and visitation schedule, a calendar of the custody and visitation schedule, the detailed time-share and overnight percentage report, and the list of provisions the parents have included.
Track actual visitation, keep a journal about visitation, and print a report that shows the difference between scheduled and actual visitation time.
Export all of the documents to Word, PDF, and Excel.
Sync the custody calendar to your Blackberry, iPhone, Palm/PDA, Outlook, Google Calendar, Yahoo Calendar, Windows Live, etc.

Parents in New Hampshire Use Custody X Change To

Make the required parenting plan for New Hampshire and file it with the court.
Look at options for the custody and visitation schedule and make a schedule that includes daily time, holidays, three day weekends, and vacations.
Include provisions about the decision making and legal custody, transportation and the exchanges of the children, parental responsibilities, information about sharing and access, reviewing and adjusting the plan, resolving disputes, and anything else that helps the plan.
Ease conflict when working with the other parent to make a shared parenting plan.
Show multiple example plans at mediation or when meeting with the other parent.
Prepare and present a plan in court and use the documents to show why it is in the child's best interest.
Save money in legal fees by creating the plan on your own or with the other parent.
Determine the right amount of child support using the accurate timeshare percentage calculation.
Write a custody journal and keep notes about visitation and other matters.
Track the actual amount of parenting time to ensure that both parents have frequent and continuing contact.
Easily make changes to the plan as the child grows older and the needs change.
Settle the custody matters so you can enjoy your time with the children.

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The top ten cities in New Hampshire (by population, US Census Bureau, 2008) are: Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Rochester, Dover, Derry, Keene, Portsmouth, Laconia, Claremont.

Additional state parenting plans you might want to consider:

Two related articles (not state-specific) to read: Parenting Plan and Parenting Plan Template.

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