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North Dakota Parenting Plan

Custody X Change can help you create a
parenting plan in North Dakota.

How to Create Your Parenting Plan in
North Dakota (ND)

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 North Dakota.

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.

Your North Dakota Parenting Plan

North Dakota requires parents to make a parenting plan after they separate or divorce.
Parents may work together on a plan, and if they can agree the court usually accepts the plan they submit.
If the mother and father cannot cooperate, the court will hold a hearing and each parent will present a parenting plan for the court to consider.
The judge can accept either plan, accept elements of both plans, or make a new plan entirely that the parents must follow.
The court bases its decision on what is best for the child.
These are the factors used to determine the best interest of the child: the love and affection between each parent and the child; the ability of each parent to provide the child with nurture, love, affection, and guidance; the ability of each parent to assure the child adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and a safe environment; the child's developmental needs; the sufficiency and stability of each parent's home life and the impact of extended family; the willingness of each parent to encourage the relationship between the child and the other parent; the moral fitness of each parent; the mental and physical health of each parent; the effect of change on the child's adjustment to home, school, and community; the child's preference, if the child is old enough; any history of domestic violence; the interactions and interrelationships between the child and anyone who lives with or frequents the parent's residence; and making false allegations, not in good faith, by one parent against the other.
As parents work on their plans, they should also consider these factors so they can make the plan that is best for the child.

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.

North Dakota Parents Use Custody X Change To

Create a parenting plan that has all of the necessary requirements for North Dakota.
Easily make a thorough custody and visitation schedule that shows where the child will spend every day of the year.
Include helpful custody provisions to the plan as the parents see fit.
Work together with the other parent to prepare a shared parenting plan to submit to the court.
Prepare a plan to present at court or mediation using the documents to explain why the plan is the best one for the child.
Save money in legal fees.
Print multiple copies of the calendar so you always know what is going on.
Pay or receive the right amount of child support that is calculated with an accurate timeshare percentage from the software.
Write a custody journal and keep notes about visitation and other matters.
Track the actual amount of parenting time to ensure that the schedule is being followed.
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 North Dakota (by population, US Census estimate, 2007) are: Fargo, Bismark, Grand Forks, Minot, West Fargo, Mandan, Dickinson, Jamestown, Williston, Wahpeton.

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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