How Can I Create a Holiday Child Custody Schedule?
With the holiday season essentially starting this month, you may have already started planning where and with whom you will spend your time. Such planning always somehow turns into a stressful process. But this may be particularly true if this is the first holiday season you will spend divorced from your former spouse, and you will have to sacrifice some dates or events with your shared child. To avoid any unnecessary conflict with your former spouse during what is supposed to be a joyous time of year, you need to establish or refer back to your holiday child custody schedule. So, without further ado, please continue reading to learn how to create a holiday child custody schedule and how one of the experienced Somerset County child custody lawyers at the Law Offices of Kisha M. Hebbon, LLC can work to ensure this is done civilly.
What are the types of holiday child custody schedules?
You may find it less complicated to apply your regular child custody schedule during the holiday season. However, this may not be ideal if you, your former spouse, and your shared child enjoy or even find it imperative to observe certain holidays. Therefore, you and your former spouse may agree upon establishing any one of the following types of holiday child custody schedules:
- A rotating child custody schedule: with this, for example, you may get your child on holidays for even years while your former spouse has odd years.
- A fixed child custody schedule: with this, for example, you may get your child on specific holidays you prefer the most, and the same for your former spouse.
- A split child custody schedule: with this, for example, you may get your child for half the actual holiday date while your former spouse gets the other half.
How can I create a comprehensive holiday child custody schedule?
Well, the New Jersey family court likely approved your holiday child custody schedule in your initial divorce proceedings, if it was already incorporated into your general, official parenting plan. But if they did not, this is something that you must negotiate with your former spouse sooner rather than later.
Throughout these negotiations, you must listen to your former spouse’s needs and wants and be willing to compromise for the sake of fairness and workability. The overall goal, though, should be to create a schedule that works in your child’s best interest. For example, you should not establish a split child custody schedule if you and your former spouse live quite a significant distance from one another.
Once an agreement is reached, you may petition the court to include it in your standing parenting plan officially. If you cannot reach an agreement, though, you may have to petition the court to make a ruling on your behalves.
In conclusion, before entering the legal arena, you must retain the services of one of the skilled Somerset County family lawyers. Reach out to the Law Offices of Kisha M. Hebbon, LLC today.
