Child Sharing Agreements

Certified Legal Forms

 

If you and your partner mostly agree on what you want to happen when you separate, you can put what you've agreed on in a separation agreement.

You MUST prepare a separation agreement if you intend to divorce including child support arrangements. See the child support calculator link below. Consider the impact of spousal support on your finances as well.

Learn how joint custody child support is determined and how sharing parenting responsibilities with your ex impacts child support.

CanLaw's Shared Parenting Agreement forms kit guides you through the tough questions and helps you avoid conflicts about visits, report cards, vacations, custody, and all the other things that can come up over the kids.

No need to fight. Use the CanLaw Shared Parenting and Joint Custody forms to work out all the arrangements over your kids before they become a problem.

Definition - Child Custody is defined as having care, control and responsibility for the well-being of a child.

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?

• Who gets the kids at holidays?
• Who gets the kids this summer?
• How are the kids doing at school?
• How will missed visits be made up?
• What schools should the kids attend?

You can answer all of them and all the other questions that arise about the kids when parents separate.

Get your Joint Custody Shared Parenting Agreement forms now. Do your own agreement. Save a fortune in legal fees.

CanLaw Joint Custody forms are legal, binding and valid for your living will, estate planning, living trust in all provinces and territories in Canada.

•  CanLaw Joint Custody forms are valid and legal in Ontario
• PEI Joint Custody forms are valid and legal in PEI
• Quebec Joint Custody forms are valid and legal in Quebec
• British Columbia Joint Custody forms are valid and legal in British Columbia
• Alberta Joint Custody forms are valid and legal in Alberta
• Manitoba Joint Custody forms are valid and legal  in Manitoba
• Saskatchewan Joint Custody forms are valid and legal in Saskatchewan
• Newfoundland and Labrador Joint Custody forms are valid and legal  in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Nova Scotia Joint Custody forms are valid and legal  in Nova Scotia
• Yukon Joint Custody forms are valid and legal  in Yukon
• Nunavut Joint Custody forms are valid and legal  in Nunavut
• North West Territories Joint Custody forms  are valid and legal in North West Territories

 

Joint Custody forms are Family and Divorce Lawyer Approved and  Court Approved

Courts routinely award joint legal custody. Knowing exactly what this means (and doesn't) can help you understand the boundaries for the road ahead.

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?

• How much will child support be?
• Who gets the kids at Holidays?
• Who gets the kids this summer?
• How are the kids doing at school?
• How will missed visits be made up?
• What schools should the kids attend?
• What about spousal support?

CREATE YOUR OWN SHARED PARENTING/ JOINT CUSTODY AGREEMENT

 

Yes, you can create your own Shared Parenting, Custody and Access agreement without using an expensive lawyer.

CanLaw's Certified Shared Parenting Agreement is a very simple form.

It covers all the important issues and lets you and your spouse determine what arrangement will work best for you and your children. No lawyer is needed.

Each party should fill out the form as a draft with what they feel is appropriate. Then, either exchange your drafts or sit down and negotiate a fair, equitable middle ground.

Reasonable arrangements can be worked out so both of you are satisfied.

In a worst case situation, if you cannot resolve all the issues, you should easily be able to make a good start towards organizing who has the kids and when.

Joint custody (also known as shared custody) does not necessarily mean that the child or children will alternate equal periods of time with each parent.

It is simply a commitment to shared parenting.

Learn the difference between legal custody, physical custody, sole custody and joint custody.

 

Joint Custody Shared Parenting Agreement forms.

Child support calculator

Save a fortune in divorce family court legal fees.

Guidelines take you through the tough questions and helps you avoid conflicts about visits, report cards, vacations.

Child Support Calculator

Children need financial support from their parents – and they have a legal right to it. When parents separate or divorce, they should try to agree on the amount of child support. If they ask a court to decide, the court will use guidelines to determine child support payments. Some child support guidelines fall under federal law, while others are under provincial or territorial law. The guidelines that apply depend on the family's situation.