Editing Parenting plan (section)

===Entry by a court===
A parenting plan agreed upon by the parties in an out-of-court setting is often termed "endorsed", "stipulated" or "on consent."<ref name="aucourts"/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cohen|first1=Lester|title=Mandatory mediation: A rose by any other name|journal=Conflict Resolution Quarterly|date=September 1991|volume=9|issue=1|pages=33–46|doi=10.1002/crq.3900090105}}</ref> A judge who finds a stipulated parenting plan to be consistent with the child's best interest may be able approve the plan without requiring the parties or the child to be present in court, sparing the parents inconvenience and the child the emotional stress of dealing with authority figures in an unfamiliar setting.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}