Virginia Child Custody: Parenting Agreement
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Virginia Reasonable Visitation: Parenting Agreement

To avoid such problems, many Virginia courts now prefer the parties work out a fairly detailed parenting plan known as a "parenting agreement," setting down the child custody visitation schedule in writing, as well as outlining who has primary custody and responsibility for decisions affecting the children.

If you suspect right off the bat that "reasonable visitation" just isn't going to work with your spouse, insist on a fixed schedule beforehand. This will save you time, aggravation, and possibly money.

If after a period of time your pre-determined "reasonable visitation" just isn't working out -- one parent is consistently late, skips scheduled visits, or doesn't inform the other parent where he or she is planning on taking the children -- you can go back to a Virginia court and petition the judge to change the Virginia parenting arrangement to something more equitable.