Separation Agreements Concerning Children
When your marriage ends, nothing is more important than the well-being of your children. Through collaborative law, you and your spouse work together to construct a parenting agreement regarding child custody. You can create fair, workable solutions that meet the unique needs of your family. Cooperating to find these solutions can spare your children much of the emotional damage going to court inflicts.
Under collaborative law, you and your spouse agree upon important issues without going into court. At Craig Associates, P.C., we assist people in Asheville and Greensboro, North Carolina by drafting thorough and complete parenting agreements. Contact attorney Christopher M. Craig to learn more about a separation agreement.
When you and your spouse draft a separation agreement or parenting agreement, you must address both legal and physical custody of your child. Legal custody refers to each parent’s ability to make decisions about education, healthcare, insurance, immunization, and discipline. Physical custody refers to where a child actually resides. Other issues that you or your former spouse can address in a parenting agreement include:
- Visitation and parenting schedules
- Rights of grandparents and other relatives
- Joint custody issues
- Modification of the agreement
- Enforcement of the agreement
A parenting agreement can be as detailed as you want it to be. Generally, your agreement should be as specific as possible, and capable of being re-negotiated with the input of both you and your spouse. You want to be specific about parental rights and responsibilities because this clarity ensures that everything has been discussed and agreed to. You also want to be able to modify the agreement, so that it can meet the needs of your growing children for years to come. When both parents cooperate to create an agreement about child custody and visitation, you will come up with long lasting, workable solutions that meet the needs of everyone in your family.
Do you wish to work with your former spouse to create a separation agreement? To learn more about creating a parenting agreement for your child, contact a lawyer at Craig Associates, P.C. We draft separation agreements and parenting agreements for people throughout North Carolina, including families in Winston-Salem and Raleigh.
