Nicole Sauvola, Esquire, Palm Beach Florida Attorney provides Law Update in the SAUVOLAW UPDATE

Sauvola & Associates, P.A.

Updated: October 2008

PARENTING ISSUES CHECKLIST

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Name: _______________________________________________________________________

Date of marriage: ______________________________________________________________

Children of marriage:

Name:________________________________ Date of birth: ______________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

Name:________________________________ Date of birth: ______________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

Name:________________________________ Date of birth: ______________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

Name:________________________________ Date of birth: ______________________

Address: _______________________________________________________________

PARENTING ISSUES

Decision-Making:

Educational:	q	Joint	q	Mother	q	Father
Daycare	q	Joint	q	Mother	q	Father
Medical/Dental/Mental Health:	q	Joint	q	Mother	q	Father
Spiritual Training:	q	Joint	q	Mother	q	Father
Recreational/Extracurricular Activities:	q	Joint	q	Mother	q	Father
Other (specify):	q	Joint	q	Mother	q	Father

Residential Care:

Child(ren) to live primarily with:

Both

Mother

Father

If both, I’m thinking about the following schedule:

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 1	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther
Week 2	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther
Drop off location:

Parenting Time:

If you think both parents will not share residential care, what kind of parenting time (visitation) schedule, including overnights, are you thinking about?

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 1	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther
Week 2	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther	qFather qMother qOther
Drop off (D) or pick-up (P) Time: (a.m. or p.m.)
Pick-up or Drop off location:

Thoughts About Major Holidays and Special Occasions:

Event	Party spending time with child(ren)	Odd years	Even years	All Years	Time & Place of exchange
q Spring Break
q Easter Day/Weekend
q Mother’s Day
q Memorial Day
q Father’s Day
q July 4^th
q Labor Day
q Thanksgiving Day/Break
q Christmas Eve
q Christmas Day
q Winter Break
q Summer Break
q Other (Identify)
q Other (Identify)
q Other (Identify)

Thoughts About Other Holidays and Special Occasions:

Event	Party spending time with child(ren)	Odd years	Even years	All Years	Time & Place of exchange
q Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/Weekend
q President’s Day/Weekend
q New Year’s Eve
q New Year’s Day
q Mother’s Birthday
q Father’s Birthday
q Halloween
q Children’s Birthdays
q Other (Identify)
q Other (Identify)
q Other (Identify)

Other Thoughts About Parenting Time:

________________________________________________________________________

Child Support:

Your monthly income[1]: ____________________________________________________

Your spouse’s monthly income[2]: ____________________________________________

Party paying for health insurance for child(ren): _________________________________

Total monthly health insurance premium: ______________________________________

Portion of health insurance premium for child(ren)[3]: _____________________________

Number of children in daycare during school year: _______________________________

Number of children in daycare during summer and school vacations: ________________

Party paying for daycare for child(ren): ________________________________________

Amount paid per week for daycare during school year: ___________________________

Amount paid per week for daycare during school vacations: _______________________

Amount paid per month for extra-curricular activities: ____________________________

Party paying for extra-curricular activities: _____________________________________

Other special expenses for child(ren) (list): ____________________________________

____________________________________

Party paying for other special expenses: _______________________________________

[1] If self-employed, average monthly gross receipts and average monthly expenses necessary to earn gross receipts

[2] If self-employed, average gross monthly receipts and average monthly expenses necessary to earn gross receipts

[3] If unable to determine amount just for child(ren), divide total monthly premium by number of people covered and multiply by number of children

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FLORIDA - PARENTING ISSUES CHECKLIST

By Nicole Sauvola

Sauvola & Associates, P.A.

Updated: October 2008

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