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Parenting Time Agreements: Avoiding Holiday Conflicts - Episode 49


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Mali and Andee are back together in the studio for this in-depth talk on the importance of having a well-crafted Parenting Time agreement. They cover several different scenarios and many of the pitfalls inherent in working out Parenting Time for holidays throughout the year.

They offer their advice about the best ways to approach the trickiest situations and their insights as to how judges approach certain issues.


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00:24 Intro

01:10 Warrior or Diplomat?

04:10 Holidays and Parenting Plans

04:40 Holidays as defined in school calendars

05:30 Regular Parenting Time vs. Holiday Parenting Time

07:00 Work with a Family Law attorney

09:00 When one Holiday supersedes another Holiday

10:18 How will a judge settle Holiday schedules?

11:30 Christmas Holidays

16:50 Long Weekend Holidays

18:50 Mother’s/Father’s Day and Spring/Fall Break

19:50 Birthdays

22:30 Separating emotions from the process

24:00 Accommodating family traditions

25:00 Graduated Parenting Time

28:00 A Good agreement prevents needless litigation later

29:00 Matching Parenting Plan with a new partner’s Plan

31:00 Is it worth filing for a modification after a re-marriage?

32:20 Summer Parenting Time

33:55 Take-aways

35:50 Wrap-up


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Forward FacingBy Andrea Hastings and Mali Shadmehry