Form 4A-302. Custody plan and order.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF _______________ __________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT _______________________________, Petitioner, v. No. __________ _______________________________, Respondent. CUSTODY PLAN AND ORDER1 _______________________ and _______________________ are the parents of the children listed below. This document is the custody plan and is in the best interests of the children. I. IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION Parent’s name ______________________ Physical address and phone number ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Place of employment and phone number ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Child’s name ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Year of birth ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ Age ___________ ___________ ___________ [ ] The parties shall advise each other of any change to this contact information within ten (10) days of new information becoming available. II. CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN2 (Choose either Option A, Sole legal custody, or Option B, Joint legal custody) [ ] A. Sole legal custody and visitation plan. (Do not fill out Option B if you choose this option) (Complete 1, 2, and 3) 1. _______________________________ (name of parent with sole custody) shall have sole legal custody of the children. The parent with sole custody shall make the important decisions regarding the children. 2. The reason that sole custody is in the best interest of the children is because: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. This is the visitation plan: (Choose a, b, or c) [ ] a. There shall be no visitation until further order of the Court. (Or) [ ] b. _______________________________ (name of other parent) shall have unsupervised visitation with the children as follows: (Fully describe visitation plan to include who shall transport the children and where and when the visitation shall occur. Attach additional sheets if necessary.) _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ (Or) [ ] c. _______________________________ (name of other parent) shall have supervised visitation with the children as follows: (Fully describe visitation plan to include who shall supervise the visitation, who shall transport the children and where and when the visitation shall occur. Attach additional sheets if necessary.) _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ [ ] B. Joint legal custody and parenting plan. (Do not fill out Option A if you choose this option) 1. Important decisions. The parents shall share joint legal custody of the children and shall make important decisions about the children together. No change regarding any of the following shall happen unless the parents both agree to the change in writing or the court changes it: a. City and county of residence: ________________________________________ b. Religion: ________________________________________________________ c. Activities: _______________________________________________________ d. Doctor Name ____________________ Address and telephone _______________________ _______________________ e. Dentist ____________________ _______________________ _______________________ f. School ____________________ _______________________ _______________________ g. Child care ____________________ _______________________ _______________________ h. Other ____________________ _______________________ _______________________ 2. Solving arguments. The parents shall resolve any parenting or time-sharing dispute regarding the children in this way (steps continue until problem solved): a. Talk together; or b. Communicate in writing as follows: i. parent requests change, and gives reasons for the change; and ii. answering parent sends response within ______ days. If the answering parent does not agree to the change, that parent must say why, and, if possible, make a new proposal. c. Take the following steps: (check all that apply and number them if there is a particular order) [ ] ___. Go to couple, family, or other counseling; [ ] ___. Go to mediation with a neutral party; [ ] ___. Other: ___________________________________; [ ] ___. Go to court. 3. Timesharing schedule. (Complete “Schedule 1” or “Schedule 2” below.) [ ] Schedule 1. Same schedule each week or every two weeks. (Set out the time that each parent shall have the children for that day.) Week 1 ________’s time (name of parent) ________’s time (name of parent) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ Week 2 ________’s time (name of parent) ________’s time (name of parent) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ [ ] Schedule 2. Write your own schedule. (Write your own schedule here or attach a separate sheet or calendar or make additions to Schedule 1.) ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________. 4. Vacation and holiday plan. a. Vacations. The parents shall each have ____ [days] [weeks] (circle one) of uninterrupted time with the children each year. Each parent shall give the other parent at least ____ [days] [weeks] (circle one) notice of the vacation time. b. Holidays. Regardless of the day of the week, the children shall spend holidays as follows: (Insert name of parent who will have the children on each holiday) Holidays: Mother’s Day Father’s Day Even year ______ ______ Odd Year ______ ______ Times (if split) From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ Child’s Birthday Halloween Thanksgiving break Winter religious holidays 1st 1/2 winter break 2nd 1/2 winter break Spring Break July 4th Other religious holidays Other: ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ From ______ To _______ The Monday of a 3-day weekend due to a school, federal, or state holiday is the same as the Sunday schedule unless we agree differently. 5. Details about the timesharing. a. Communication. Each parent may have reasonable communication with the children at all times. Neither parent shall unreasonably interfere with the children’s communications with the other parent. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ b. Transfer of children. Responsibility for transferring the children from one parent to the other shall be as follows (write what you will do here): _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ c. Long-distance transfer of children. Responsibility for transferring the children from one parent to the other in long-distance arrangements shall be as follows (write down what you will do here): _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ d. Emergencies. If there is a medical emergency, the parent with the children shall try to call the other parent about the emergency. If the other parent cannot be reached, any decision for emergency medical treatment shall be made by the available parent in the best interest of the children. e. Changes. Each parent may ask the other for changes to this schedule. The other parent has the right to say “no.” If the other parent says “no,” the parent asking for changes shall not argue or criticize the other parent’s decision. f. Review of plan. The parents agree to meet [ ] every year (or) [ ] every ____ years to make sure this plan continues to work well. VERIFICATION I affirm under oath and penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of New Mexico that I have read this document, that I agree with everything in it, and that the statements in it are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. ________________________________ Name of parent (print) ________________________________ Parent’s signature ________________________________ Date ________________________________ Mailing address ________________________________ Physical address ________________________________ Telephone ________________________________ Name of parent (print) ________________________________ Parent’s signature ________________________________ Date ________________________________ Mailing address ________________________________ Physical address ________________________________ Telephone STATE OF NEW MEXICO ) COUNTY OF __________________ ) ss. Acknowledged, signed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _____________, _____ by _______________________, the parent. _________________________ Notary public My commission expires: __________________. STATE OF NEW MEXICO ) COUNTY OF __________________ ) ss. Acknowledged, signed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _____________, _____ by _______________________, the parent. _________________________ Notary public My commission expires: __________________. ______________________ Date Approved, adopted, and ordered by the District Court ________________________________ District Court Judge