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EDUCATION:

Each of us will take responsibility for communicating with our child/ren's schools, to remain informed and to attend

conferences with our child/ren's teachers and counselors. We will authorize our child/ren’s schools to release any

and all information to either parent. Major decisions about education will be made by: [

] both Mother and

Father or [

] Mother [

] Father.

COMMUNICATION:

During separation from our child/ren, we will maintain frequent contact with our child/ren by phone, letter,

postcards, video, electronically or audio tapes. Each parent will respect the child/ren's right to privacy to such

communication. We will encourage our child/ren to communicate frequently with the other parent and we will help

our young child/ren to communicate with the other parent. We will inform the other parent of the address and

telephone number where our child/ren can be reached anytime s/he is away from home for more than [

] 48

hours - or - _______ hours. Each of us will provide the other parent with our current address and telephone

number to allow us to communicate with and about our child/ren.

To protect our child/ren from any conflict between us, we will not question our child/ren about the other parent and

we will not speak negatively about the other parent any time our child/ren can hear. We will communicate directly

with each other and not through our child/ren and will focus our discussions on the child/ren.

SAFETY:

We will not compromise the safety of our child/ren. Further, we will

•

Personally supervise and control the conduct and activities of a child under the age of ______ years

except when the child is at school or in known or usual recreational activities or in the immediate care of

another competent person.

•

Not operate a vehicle when impaired by alcohol or drugs when our child/ren is in the vehicle or use

alcohol carelessly when our child/ren is in our care.

•

Provide and use child safety restraints for our child/ren as required by law.

•

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LOVE AND AFFECTION:

Each parent shall encourage love and affection between the child/ren and the other parent. Neither parent shall

do anything, nor permit any other person residing in their household to do anything, which would alienate the

child/ren from the other parent or distort the child/ren's opinion of the other parent or impair the child/ren's love

and respect for the other parent.

READINESS:

The child/ren shall be ready and promptly available for all custody exchanges. The child/ren shall be

exchanged with sufficient clean clothing appropriate for ordinary activities. We will arrive on time (no more

than 10 minutes early or late) to exchange our child/ren, and we will deliver our child/ren's personal belongings

at the same time we exchange our child/ren. We will assist our young child/ren to remember to take the

personal belongings and school supplies s/he needs.

HEALTH CARE:

The child/ren shall be provided with regular health, optical and dental care and each parent shall make sure our

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