Child Custody & Parenting Plans


When children are involved, mediation truly shines

We know the scariest part of divorce isn’t usually the money — it’s how it will affect your children. Mediation is the only divorce process that keeps your kids at the centre of every decision, not the lawyers or a judge.

Most families with children finish both the parenting plan and the full financial settlement (house, support, retirement, debts) in just 2–4 private sessions — often in 4–8 weeks.

What you’ll create together — a complete child-centred agreement:

Parenting Plan & Time-Sharing

  • Weekday/overnight schedules that match school, activities, and work

  • Holiday & summer vacation rotations (we make them fair and predictable years in advance)

  • Flexible “right of first refusal” clauses when a parent is unavailable

  • Long-distance or relocation plans if needed

Decision-Making Authority

  • Joint or sole authority for major decisions (education, non-emergency medical, religion, extracurriculars)

  • Day-to-day decisions (bedtime, screen time, diet) stay with the parent who has the child at that moment

Child Support & Expenses

  • Guideline child support (or justified deviations)

  • Who pays for extracurriculars, private school, college, braces, therapy, etc.

Everything else (same as before)

  • House, retirement accounts, debts, alimony — all settled in the same mediation process

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