How Do You Make Child Visitation Work?
How do you work out child visitation time in a co-parenting custody arrangement? This can be one of the looming questions as divorced parents work out their parenting plan. In co-parenting, also called shared parenting or joint child custody, parents aim to spend about equal time with the children. This is good for the parents because both the mother and father want to spend time with the kids. It also benefits the children to have relationships with both parents. Creating the visitation schedule can be tricky, however, because there is a lot of switching between the parents. Here are some suggestions for working it out. You need to decide on a basic rotating schedule that you can apply to the year. This gives some stability and reliability to the schedule. You can choose any schedule that works for you and the other parent. Many parents try alternating every week or every two weeks. This works if you live close together. You could also have one parent with the kids for the first part
