V. Dispute Resolution

The Parenting Plan offers the following options in Paragraph V:

The purpose of this dispute resolution process is to resolve disagreements about carrying out this parenting plan. This dispute resolution process may, and under some local court rules or the provisions of this plan must be used before filing a petition to modify the plan or a motion for contempt for failing to follow the plan.

• [ ] Disputes between the parties, other than child support disputes, shall be submitted to (list person or agency):
  • [ ] counseling by _______________________________, or
  • [ ] mediation by _______________________________, if this box is checked and issues of domestic violence or child abuse are present, then the court finds that the victim requested mediation, that mediation is appropriate and that the victim is permitted to have a supporting person present during the mediation proceedings, or
  • [ ] arbitration by _______________________________.

The cost of this process shall be allocated between the parties as follows:

• [ ] __________% petitioner _________% respondent.
• [ ] based on each party’s proportional share of income from line 6 of the child support worksheets.
• [ ] as determined in the dispute resolution process.

The dispute resolution process shall be commenced by notifying the other party by [ ] written request [ ] certified mail [ ] other:

In the dispute resolution process:

1. Preference shall be given to carrying out this Parenting Plan.
2. Unless an emergency exists, the parents shall use the designated process to resolve disputes relating to implementation of the plan, except those related to financial support.
3. A written record shall be prepared of any agreement reached in counseling or mediation and of each arbitration award and shall be provided to each party.
4. If the court finds that a parent has used or frustrated the dispute resolution process without good reason, the court shall award attorneys’ fees and financial sanctions to the other parent.
5. The parties have the right of review from the dispute resolution process to the superior court.

• [ ] No dispute resolution process, except court action is ordered.

For this dialog , we offer the above options as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1

For this demonstration, we will select the first option as shown in Figure 2. Note, additional selections are added to the dialog .

Figure 2

For this demonstration, we will select each checkbox in the next request. Note, in Figure 3 "County Family Services" is added to each text box by default.  This may be changed to any organization you require or you may opt to use the default.

Figure 3

Figure 4 demonstrates completing the remainder of the dialog , while Figure 5 shows our response in the Document Preview tab.

Figure 4

Figure 5

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