Parent Coordination - Child Custody Issues after Divorce

A common area of disagreement between divorced individuals is that of physical custody issues surrounding their children. Commonly referred to as “child custody,” this specific part of the parenting plan deals with where the children are physically located at any given time. That is: where do they live, how many overnights do they spend with each parent and how do they get from place to place? This is not only important from a parenting perspective, but also for the calculation of the New Jersey Child Support guidelines as parenting time is one of the factors in its calculation.

At first, one parent may have been the “Parent of Primary Residence” or maintained “sole custody” of the children, but as the years pass, one or both parents may wish to modify the arrangement. Children who started out living with one parent a majority of the time may now wish as they get older to share their time with both parents. Perhaps one parent was offered a once in a lifetime job opportunity that will take them out of state or out of the country or the school system in one of the parent’s towns is superior to that of the other parent. How do you adjust the child custody arrangements in situations like these and what are the downstream impacts on other parts of your settlement? That’s where mediation can help.

By sitting with both of you and getting to know you, your new families and your children, we can either develop a new plan or modify an existing plan so that it works for everyone now and in the future. By working with you to develop options of your own creation or by bringing to the table what has worked for others, our years of experience with developing parenting plans for couples all across the State of NJ will be a valuable asset to you.

No matter which situation you find yourself in, post divorce mediation has worked for thousands of couples throughout New Jersey and it can work for you too. Should you have any specific questions regarding child custody in your particular situation, please contact us and we'd be happy to schedule a free, no obligation consultation to discuss how mediation and post divorce parent coordination can help you.