Custody Plan {4A-302}

4A-302. Custody plan and order. STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF ____________________ ____________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT _____________________________________, Petitioner, v. _____________________________________, Respondent. CUSTODY PLAN AND ORDER1 _______________________ and _______________________ are the parents of the children listed below. 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 and phone number ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Year of birth ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Place of employment and phone number ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ Age ________ ________ ________ No. __________ _____________________ Child's name _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ [] 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 CHILDREN2 (Choose either Option A, Sole legal custody, or Option B, Joint legal custody) [ ] A. Sole legal custody and visitation plan. (Do not fill out Option B if you choose this American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com option) (Complete 1, 2, and 3) 1. _______________________________ (name of parent with sole custody) shall have sole legal custody of the children. The parent with sole custody shall make the important decisions regarding the children. 2. The reason that sole custody is in the best interest of the children is because: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 3. This is the visitation plan: (Choose a, b, or c) [ ] a. There shall be no visitation until further order of the Court. (Or) [ ] b. _______________________________ (name of other parent) shall have unsupervised visitation with the children as follows: (Fully describe visitation plan to include who shall transport the children and where and when the visitation shall occur. Attach additional sheets if necessary.) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ (Or) [ ] c. _______________________________ (name of other parent) shall have supervised visitation with the children as follows: (Fully describe visitation plan to include who shall supervise the visitation, who shall transport the children and where and when the visitation shall occur. Attach additional sheets if necessary.) ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [ ] B. Joint legal custody and parenting plan. (Do not fill out Option A if you choose this option) 1. Important decisions. The parents shall share joint legal custody of the children and shall make important decisions about the children together. No change American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com regarding any of the following shall happen unless the parents both agree to the change in writing or the court changes it: a. City and county of residence: _________________________________ b. Religion: _________________________________________________ c. Activities: ________________________________________________ Name ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Address and telephone ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ ________________________ d. Doctor e. Dentist f. School g. Child care ___________________ h. Other ___________________ 2. Solving arguments. The parents shall resolve any parenting or time-sharing dispute regarding the children in this way (steps continue until problem solved): a. Talk together; or b. Communicate in writing as follows: i. parent requests change, and gives reasons for the change; and ii. answering parent sends response within ______ days. If the answering parent does not agree to the change, that parent must say why, and, if possible, make a new proposal. c. Take the following steps: (check all that apply and number them if there is a particular order) [ ] ___. Go to couple, family, or other counseling; [ ] ___. Go to mediation with a neutral party; [ ] ___. Other: ___________________________________; [ ] ___. Go to court. 3. Timesharing schedule. (Complete"Schedule 1" or "Schedule 2" below.) [ ] Schedule 1. Same schedule each week or every two weeks. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com (Set out the time that each parent shall have the children for that day.) Week 1 ________'s time (name of parent) ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ________'s time (name of parent) ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ________'s time (name of parent) ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ________'s time (name of parent) ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Week 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday [ ] Schedule 2. Write your own schedule. (Write your own schedule here or attach a separate sheet or calendar or make additions to Schedule 1.) _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________. 4. Vacation and holiday plan. a. Vacations. The parents shall each have ____ [days] [weeks] (circle one) of uninterrupted time with the children each year. Each parent shall give the other parent at least ____ [days] [weeks] (circle one) notice of the vacation time. b. Holidays. Regardless of the day of the week, the children shall spend holidays as follows: (Insert na