Creating a parenting plan after a divorce

Questioner

My ex and I have been separated for a few years. We only lived together then. We have 2 minor children. Only we never made a parenting plan because my ex doesn't want that. I do want a parenting plan, but my ex absolutely does not want to cooperate. What steps can I take so that my ex does cooperate, has to work? And is there a sanction for not making a parenting plan right away?

Lawyer

A parenting plan is not mandatory for ex cohabitants. However, you would do well to put agreements on paper and certainly include the future in them. The agreements are about contact and care, money, savings accounts and management, school and report meetings, holidays and days off, special expenses and how they are divided (orthodontics, purchasing a laptop for school). As soon as you put the agreements on paper and sign them, they are in any case provable (should a conflict ever arise). I can write a letter for you in which I ask your ex to cooperate in drawing up a parenting plan, which is also in his favor.