Editing Parenting plan (section)

===Content===
Topics addressed in a parenting plan may include, but are not limited to:

*Physical custody (how the child's time is to be divided between the separating parents and their separate households; a well-drafted plan will specifically contemplate holidays and school vacations)
:*Transferring the child from one parent to the other: schedule, method, and location
:*Departures from the typical custody schedule (''e.g.'', overnight stays with the other parent or with other relatives during a given parent's normal custody time)
:*Restrictions, as needed, on places visited and/or persons associated with while the child is present
*Legal custody (decision-making authority and rights to information)
:*Authority over physical and mental health-care decisions; access to health records
:*Authority to change the place at which a child resides while in the physical custody of a given parent
:*Authority over educational decisions such as where the child attends school; access to educational records
:*Authority to take the child on travel, especially travel outside the geographic jurisdiction of the court adjudicating the separation or divorce
:*Authority to claim the child as a dependent for income-tax purposes
*Financial support obligations:
:*Provision for basic needs
:*Payment for education
:*Payment of health-insurance premiums and other medical expenses
:*Inclusion of the other parent and/or the child in a given parent's estate planning, including both the probate process (disposition of assets by will) and procedures outside of probate (payout of life-insurance policies, distribution of survivor benefits, etc.)
*Communication between parents:
:*Obligation to keep the other parent apprised of contact information both of a given parent and of the child while with that parent
:*Right of the other parent to information about circumstances and events affecting the child's well-being
*Procedures for resolving disputes, including but not limited to disputes about the meaning of the plan's language and disputes alleging improper performance of the plan's provisions
:*Provisions, if desired, for [[alternative dispute resolution]] such as [[arbitration]] and [[mediation]]

In some cases, parenting plans may be established through the combined effect of multiple agreements each addressing a different subject. For example, one agreement may address physical custody while another addresses financial support.