Parenting Plan Specialist

Oregon parenting plans are more than schedules.

In fact, they're the single most important part of your Marital Settlement Agreement, if you have minor children.

Unfortunately, parenting plans tend to get less attention than the financial pieces of a divorce settlement. I make parenting plans a high priority. I have 21 years of experience drafting parenting plans for children of all ages. My proprietary parenting plan rubric – the product of two years of research combined with two decades of experience as a family law mediator and the drafting skills of a law-degreed professional – includes 38 categories for you to consider.

My direct experience

My suggestions for your parenting plan come not only from expertise but also from experience. I have interacted with hundreds of families and have seen what works and what does not.

Every family is unique, and every family is complex in its own way. A comprehensive parenting plan comes from understanding the individuals who will be participating in it. For 21 years, I have invited pre-teen, teen, and young adult children of my mediation clients to have no-cost, confidential meetings with him.

The primary purpose is to give adolescents a voice in the process and a safe setting in which to share concerns and ask questions. I've remained in contact with many client families long after mediation has concluded. Through those extended relationships, I have directly observed the long arc of the co-parenting relationship.

Detailed parenting plans that don't fall short

I draft comprehensive plans that meet the requirements of the Circuit Court and also include dozens of optional provisions that he will suggest in your mediation sessions.

ORS 107.102 lists 12 categories of decisions that can go into a parenting plan. The statute is clear that the provisions it enumerates are not the only ones that can be put into the plan. Many divorcing parties make do with only a schedule. Worse yet, most mediators allow it to happen. I reassure clients that they can have a detailed parenting plan without micromanaging each other's lives.

Meeting the bare minimum requirements of the law is not enough. Taking a few of the 12 examples in the statute and throwing together a hastily written parenting plan is not enough

Future clarity and peace of mind

When you choose to mediate your divorce with me, you are selecting the law-degreed mediator who has more expertise and direct experience with teens and preteens than any other mediator in Oregon. I will craft your parenting plan with a level of detail that allows you to complete the mediation process with substantial predictability about the future.

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