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{{For|decisions regarding procreation|family planning}} {{Globalize|date=December 2010}} {{Family law}} A '''parenting plan''' is a child custody plan that is negotiated by parents, and which may be included in a marital separation agreement or final decree of divorce.<ref name="relationshipspp">{{cite web|title=Parenting plans|url=http://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/BrochuresandPublications/Pages/parenting-plans.aspx|website=Family Relationships Online|publisher=Government of Australia|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=What is a Parenting Plan?|url=http://www.jud6.org/ContactInformation/familyLaw/ParentingPlanFlyerSept08.pdf|website=Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref> Especially when a separation is acrimonious to begin with, specific agreements about who will discharge these responsibilities and when and how they are to be discharged can reduce the need for litigation. Avoiding litigation spares parties not only the financial and emotional costs of litigation but the uncertainty of how favorable or unfavorable a court's after-the-fact decision will be.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Haet|first1=Tamarah|title=California Child Custody Litigation and Practice|date=2017|publisher=CEB|isbn=978-0762625277|page=416|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_qLcDgAAQBAJ|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref> Moreover, the agreement itself can authorize the employment of dispute-resolution methods, such as arbitration and mediation, that may be less costly than litigation.<ref>See, e.g., {{cite web|title=RCW 26.09.184. Permanent parenting plan.|url=http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=26.09.184|website=Revised Code of Washington|publisher=Washington State Legislature|access-date=3 October 2017}}</ref>
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