Petition to Establish Parental Responsibility and Parenting Plan

CUSTODY PLAN AND ORDER

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

COUNTY OF

JUDICIAL DISTRICT

, Petitioner,

v. No. .

, Respondent.

This document is the custody plan and is in the best interests of the children.

I. IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION

Parent’s name    Physical address    Place of employment    phone number

Child’s name    Year of birth    Age

The parties shall advise each other of any change to this contact information within ten (10) days of new information becoming available.

II. CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN

A. Sole legal custody and visitation plan.

1. shall have sole legal custody of the children.

2. The reason that sole custody is in the best interest of the children is because:

3. This is the visitation plan:

a. There shall be no visitation until further order of the Court.

b. shall have unsupervised visitation with the children as follows:

c. shall have supervised visitation with the children as follows:

B. Joint legal custody and parenting plan.

1. Important decisions.

a. City and county of residence:

b. Religion:

c. Activities:

d. Doctor

e. Dentist

f. School

g. Child care

h. Other

2. Solving arguments.

b. Communicate in writing as follows:

ii. answering parent sends response within days.

c. Take the following steps:

Go to couple, family, or other counseling;

Go to mediation with a neutral party;

Other: ;

Go to court.

3. Timesharing schedule.

Schedule 1. Same schedule each week or every two weeks.

Week 1 ’s time    ’s time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Week 2 ’s time    ’s time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Schedule 2. Write your own schedule.

4. Vacation and holiday plan.

a. Vacations. The parents shall each have [days] [weeks] of uninterrupted time with the children each year.

Each parent shall give the other parent at least [days] [weeks] notice of the vacation time.

b. Holidays. Regardless of the day of the week, the children shall spend holidays as follows:

Holidays    Even year    Odd year    Times (if split)

Mother’s Day From To

Father’s Day From To

Child’s Birthday From To

Halloween From To

Thanksgiving break From To

Winter religious holidays From To

1st 1/2 winter break From To

2nd 1/2 winter break From To

Spring Break From To

July 4th From To

Other religious holidays From To

Others: From To

The Monday of a 3-day weekend due to a school, federal, or state holiday is the same as the Sunday schedule unless we agree differently.

5. Details about the timesharing.

a. Communication. Each parent may have reasonable communication with the children at all times. Neither parent shall unreasonably interfere with the children’s communications with the other parent.

b. Transfer of children.

c. Long-distance transfer of children.

d. Emergencies. If there is a medical emergency, the parent with the children shall try to call the other parent about the emergency.

e. Changes. Each parent may ask the other for changes to this schedule.

f. Review of plan. The parents agree to meet every year (or) every years to make sure this plan continues to work well.

VERIFICATION

I affirm under oath and penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of New Mexico that I have read this document, that I agree with everything in it, and that the statements in it are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO )

COUNTY OF ) ss

Acknowledged, signed and sworn to before me this day of , by , the parent.

My commission expires: .

STATE OF NEW MEXICO )

COUNTY OF ) ss

Acknowledged, signed and sworn to before me this day of , by , the parent.

My commission expires: .

USE NOTE

1. A custody plan must be filed in every dissolution of marriage case if the parties have minor children or a child under nineteen years of age who is attending high school.

2. The parties should understand the difference between the rights and obligations of joint custodians and a sole custodian.