Your current custody agreement may fall short in preventing conflict.
Oftentimes, parenting plans (custody agreements) may be vague, brief, or lack specifics, which may lead to conflicts in interpretation or what is “fair.”
Our Parenting Plan Assessment service provides a clear appraisal of your current court order, including suggestions to clear up unnecessary ambiguity that may lead to conflict or court action.
Parenting Plan Assessment
What This Service Offers
The Parenting Plan Assessment is designed to help you understand how your current parenting plan may function in real-world situations. The assessment may identify:
Ambiguous or unclear provisions that could be interpreted differently by each parent
Areas where the parenting plan does not adequately address common parenting situations
Potential sources of recurring conflict between coparents
Inconsistencies or gaps in provisions related to schedules, holidays, transportation, communication, decision-making, or other parenting responsibilities
Places where additional specificity may reduce opportunities for disagreement
Practical considerations for making the parenting plan more predictable and child-centered
The goal is not to determine which parent is right. Rather, it is to identify where the language of the existing plan may be creating opportunities for conflict and to suggest ways those areas could be clarified.
Why it matters
A parenting plan is more than a schedule. It is intended to provide a framework that allows two households to make decisions, manage transitions, and respond to the ordinary—and unexpected—events of a child's life.
When important details are left undefined, parents may end up negotiating the same issues repeatedly. What one parent considers a reasonable interpretation may look very different to the other parent. Over time, these recurring disagreements can increase parental conflict and place children in the middle.
A well-designed parenting plan cannot eliminate all conflict—but it can eliminate unnecessary opportunities for conflict.
The Parenting Plan Assessment helps identify where your existing agreement may be leaving too much room for interpretation and provides a child-centered framework for considering greater clarity and predictability.
Who This Is For
This service may be helpful for parents who:
Have an existing parenting plan but continue to experience frequent disagreements about how it should be interpreted
Find that seemingly minor issues repeatedly become sources of conflict
Are preparing to request a modification or clarification of an existing parenting plan
Want to identify potential problems before they escalate into litigation
Are experiencing difficulty implementing a parenting plan in day-to-day life
Want a more objective, child-centered perspective on whether their current plan adequately addresses their family's needs
It can also be useful for parents who are developing or revising a parenting plan and want to identify potential areas of ambiguity before they become problems.
What to expect
The Parenting Plan Assessment is a professional consultation and assessment service—not a custody evaluation and not legal advice.
You will provide your current parenting plan or court order, along with relevant information about the concerns or recurring conflicts you are experiencing. I will review the provisions of the plan and identify areas that may benefit from greater clarity, specificity, or practical guidance.
You will receive feedback focused on reducing ambiguity, improving predictability, and keeping the child's needs at the center of the parenting arrangement.
Where appropriate, suggested areas for clarification may be identified for discussion with your attorney or for consideration when developing a revised parenting plan. The assessment does not replace legal advice, and any proposed changes to a court order should be reviewed by your family-law attorney.
Reduce conflict. Restore peace.
You can’t control everything — but you can control how you respond. Conflict resolution coaching helps you take back that control and focus on what matters most: raising resilient, well-supported children.