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Franklin County Model Parenting Schedule
LOCAL DOMESTIC COURT RULE 27.1 / LOCAL JUVENILE COURT RULE 22.1
*This rule applies to orders and entries journalized effective January 1, 2015 and thereafter.
MODEL PARENTING TIME SCHEDULE
FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT
DOMESTIC AND JUVENILE DIVISIONS FOR PARENTS
TRAVELING UNDER 90 MILES ONE WAY:
This schedule is merely a guideline for parenting time. It is the parties’ responsibility to tailor this schedule as necessary to meet the best interests of their children and their situation before the schedule becomes a court order.
Liberal parenting time arrangements are encouraged, as contact with both parents is important to the children. Specific items in the Journal Entry take precedence over this schedule. Changes or modifications can be made by the Court if need for such is shown. The parenting time option selected below does not necessarily affect support obligations. Activities you engage in with your children, skills you teach them, or friends you help them make will make their time with you more rewarding. Additionally, regardless of how much time each parent spends with the children, there are many opportunities to be involved in their lives, such as participation and attendance at their school, sporting and extracurricular activities.
PARENTING TIME BETWEEN THE CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS SHALL TAKE PLACE AT SUCH TIMES AND PLACES AS THE PARTIES MAY AGREE, BUT IN ABSENCE OF AGREEMENT SHALL BE:
(CHOOSE ONE OPTION, EITHER A, B, C, OR D BELOW MUST BE SELECTED):
____ OPTION A: 1. The children shall reside equally with both parents on an
alternating weekly basis. The children shall transition from one parent’s
residence to the other every Sunday at 6:00 p.m. unless the parties agree upon
a different day and time.
2. The parent who is not exercising weekly parenting time shall be
entitled to spend one weekday evening with the children from 5:00 p.m. until
8:00 p.m., which shall be Wednesday unless otherwise agreed. The parent
exercising weekday evening parenting time shall be responsible for picking up
AND returning the children for this parenting time.
____ OPTION B: 1. Weekends: Alternate weekends from Friday at 6:00 p.m. until
Monday at 6:00 p.m. This alternating weekend schedule shall not change, even
when interrupted by holiday and birthday, summer and/or vacation parenting
time. (See Section 4a and 5 below)
2. Weekdays: Mother/Father (circle one) shall have parenting time
with the children each Monday beginning at 6:00 p.m. until drop-off to
school/daycare on Wednesday (or 6:00 p.m. if no school), Mother/Father
(circle the other parent) shall have parenting time with the children from
Wednesday after school (or 6:00 p.m. if no school) until drop-off to
school/daycare on Friday (or 6:00 p.m. if no school).
____ OPTION C: 1. Weekends: Alternate weekends from Friday at 6:00 p.m. until
Monday at 6:00 p.m. This alternating weekend schedule shall not change, even
when interrupted by holiday and birthday, summer and/or vacation parenting
time. (See Section 4a and 5 below)
2. Weekdays: Mother/ Father (circle one) shall have one weekday
overnight per week from 6:00 p.m. until the next morning to school/day care or
8:00 a.m., whichever is applicable. This overnight shall be Wednesday unless
otherwise agreed. The parent exercising weekday overnight parenting time
shall be responsible for all transportation during this parenting time. The other
parent shall have the remaining weekday parenting time.
____ OPTION D: 1. Weekends: Alternate weekends from Friday at 6:00 p.m. until
Sunday at 6:00 p.m. This alternating weekend schedule shall not change, even
when interrupted by holiday and birthday, summer and/or vacation parenting
time. (See Section 4a and 5 below)
2. Weekdays: Mother/Father (circle one) shall have one weekday
evening per week from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. which shall be Wednesday unless
otherwise agreed. The parent exercising weekday evening parenting time shall
be responsible for picking up AND returning the children for this parenting time.
The other parent shall have the remaining weekday parenting time.
3. Extracurricular Activities: Regardless of where the children are living, their
participation in existing and renewed extracurricular activities, school related or
otherwise, shall continue uninterrupted. The parent with whom they are residing
at the time of the activity shall provide the transportation to these activities.
Notice of all extracurricular activities, school related, or otherwise, in which the
children participate, schedules of all extracurricular activities (handwritten, if no
formal schedule is provided by the activity) and the name of the activity leader
(including address and telephone number if reasonably available) shall be
exchanged between the parents.
4. Holidays: In odd-numbered years, mother has Martin Luther King Day, Spring
Break, Fourth of July, Beggar’s Night, and the first half of Winter Break. In
odd-numbered years, father has President’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving, and the second half of Winter Break. In the even-numbered
years, the schedules are reversed.
a. In the event of a conflict between regular parenting time and holiday parenting
time, holiday parenting time prevails. The alternating weekend parenting time
continues, however, as if the holiday had not intervened. This means that one
parent may have the children three weekends in a row. This process equalizes
itself over the course of time for each parent. For a holiday falling on a Friday,
parenting time commences Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and continues to Sunday
evening at 6:00 p.m.; or for a holiday falling on a Monday, parenting time
commences Friday at 6:00 p.m. and continues to Monday at 6:00 p.m.
b. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are to be spent with the appropriate parent.
These are as agreed or 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. These do not have to be made
up.
c. Other days of special meaning, such as Religious Holidays, parents’ and
children’s birthdays, and other school days off shall be as determined by the
parties. If the parties cannot agree, then the regular Weekday/Weekend
parenting time schedule shall take precedence.
d. Hours for parents who cannot agree are as follows: Martin Luther King Day
(6:00 p.m. on Friday to 6:00 p.m. on Monday); President’s Day (6:00 p.m. on
Friday to 6:00 p.m. on Monday); Spring Break (6:00 p.m. on the day school is
out to 6:00 p.m. the day before school recommences); Memorial Day and
Labor Day (6:00 p.m. Friday to 6:00 p.m. Monday); July 4th (6:00 p.m. on July 3
to 6:00 p.m. on July 4); Beggar’s Night (4:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.); Thanksgiving
(6:00 p.m. on the day school lets out to 6:00 p.m. Sunday); Winter Break (first
half commences at 6:00 p.m. the day school lets out, until December 25 at 6:00
p.m.; second half commences at 6:00 p.m. December 25 until 6:00 p.m. the day
before school recommences).
e. 48-hour notice should be given by the parent with whom the holiday is being
spent for any arrangements for out-of-town travel on the holidays or of a
change in pick-up/return times.
5. Summer: (Applies only if either Option B, C, or D is selected above).
Commencing the first Sunday after the children are out of school, each parent
shall exercise parenting time with the children in two week blocks of time with
the Mother/Father (circle one) exercising the first two week block. Alternating
weekends shall continue so that each parent has time with the children during
the other parent’s two week block, however alternating weekend parenting
time may not always occur at the midpoint of the two week block. The
summer schedule commences the day after the children are out of school and
continues until seven (7) days before school begins.
6. Vacations: Each parent may arrange an uninterrupted vacation of not more
than two (2) weeks with the children. Each parent shall schedule this vacation
during his/her time during the summer (For parents with Option A as their
regular parenting time schedule, each parent may arrange either two one-
week vacations to take place only during his/her time or they may arrange
one two-week vacation using one week of each parent’s time, which shall only
be permitted if a two-week vacation is scheduled). The vacationing parent shall
notify the other parent and provide a general itinerary of the vacation to the
other parent, including dates, locations, addresses, and telephone numbers, no
later than thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled vacation. Holiday and
birthday celebrations with either parent shall not be missed, requiring
scheduling of the vacation around these events. Parenting time with the other
parent is missed during vacation, and there is no requirement that it be made
up. Parents shall notify each other of their vacation plans by May 31 each year,
and in the event of a conflict, mother’s schedule shall prevail in odd-numbered
years; father’s schedule shall prevail in even-numbered years.
7. Communication:
a. Children can communicate with either parent as often as
they wish, at reasonable times and frequencies, via telephone or electronic
means (e.g. text, Skype, FaceTime).
b. In addition, the non-possessory parent shall be entitled to telephone or
electronic (i.e. FaceTime, Skype) communication of reasonable duration with
the children not less than three times per week.
c. Neither parent shall excessively interfere with nor stop the telephone or
electronic communication.
8. Transportation: With the exception of weekday overnight/evening parenting
time (options A, C, and D), the parties shall divide the transportation equally.
The parent who is exercising parenting time shall pick up the children. The
parent exercising weekday evening parenting time (Options A, C, and D) shall
be responsible for picking up AND returning the children for this parenting time.
Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed by the parents, drop off/pick
up shall be at the parents’ respective homes, the children’s school, or day care,
whichever is applicable. In Option B, the parent who has the children from
Monday at 6:00 p.m. to Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. is the parent responsible for
picking up the children from school/day care on Monday afternoon and taking
the children to school/day care on Wednesday morning, and the parent who
has the children from Wednesday at 6:00 p.m until Friday at 6:00 p.m. is
responsible for picking the children up from school/day care on Wednesday
afternoon and taking them to school/day care on Friday morning. The parent
who has the weekend is responsible for picking up the children from
school/day care on Friday afternoon and taking them to school/day care on
Monday morning. The 6:00 p.m. time on exchange days only applies when a
child is not attending school or day care on that day, and in that circumstance,
the parent who is beginning their parenting time shall pick the children up from
the other parent at 6:00 p.m. that day. The parties may designate a licensed,
insured driver known to the children to provide any of this transportation, if
necessary.
9. Moving: Upon either parent learning that he/she will be moving, he/she shall
immediately notify the other parent, but not less than sixty (60) days prior to
the move except in those circumstances wherein notice is not required by R.C.
3109.051(G), and provide the other parent with the moving date, new residence
address and telephone number, and such other pertinent information
necessary to effectuate a smooth move for the children. The parents shall
attempt, in good faith, to renegotiate an appropriate and beneficial new
parenting time schedule.
10. Waiting: Neither parent shall be more than 30 minutes late picking up the
children without notice to the other parent. If the non-possessory parent has
not arrived to pick up the children within the 30 minute period and has failed to
contact the possessory parent, parenting time may be forfeited in the
possessory parent’s discretion and shall not be required to be made up.
11. Cancellation: The non-possessory parent should give 24 hour notice to cancel.
The time cancelled by the non-possessory parent is forfeited.
12. Illness: If a child is ill, the possessory parent should give 24 hour notice, if
possible, so appropriate plans can be made to accommodate the child’s
illness. However, parenting time shall not be denied or forfeited based upon a
child’s illness unless it is pursuant to written orders by a licensed medical
professional. If any parenting time, weekend, holiday/birthday, or vacation is
missed due to non-emergency and/or non-critical illness, then any missed
parenting time shall be made up as provided in paragraph 13. All prescribed
medication shall be exchanged between the parents.
13. Make-Up Parenting time: Any make-up parenting time required by this
schedule shall occur the first weekend of the other parent immediately
following the missed parenting time and shall continue during the other
parent’s weekends until made up in full, including partial weekends.
14. Current Address and Telephone Number: Except as provided in the court order,
each parent shall keep the other informed of his/her current address, home,
cell and work telephone numbers, and a regularly accessible e-mail address at
all times. Emergency Contact: Both parents shall at all times, regardless of
whether the children are with him/her, provide the other parent with a
telephone number for contact in the event of an emergency.
15. Car Seat: Every parent shall have and utilize a car seat and booster seat as
required by law.
16. Clothing: The parents shall cooperate in the exchange of the children’s clothing
prior to and following parenting time.
17. Pre-School Age: Unless otherwise agreed, pre-school age children follow the
same schedule of school age children in the school district where they live
regardless of whether or not other school age children live in the family.
Frequent contact with both parents each week is recommended for very young
children.
18. Infants (Birth to 18 Months): The court recognizes that parenting time with
infants carries unique concerns because of the required skills of the parents
and the needs of the child. It is important that both parents are able to
observe, share, and participate in activities with the infant. When possible, it is
encouraged that the non-residential or non-custodial parent have parenting
time with the child that is shorter in duration but occurs more frequently. Unless
otherwise ordered or agreed upon by the parents, the following schedule shall
be utilized for children from birth through eighteen months (except if the
parties have an older child together, then the infant will follow the older child’s
parenting time schedule):
a. The non-residential or non-custodial parent shall have parenting time for a
twenty-four hour period each weekend, from Friday at 6:00 p.m. to Saturday
at 6:00 p.m. the first weekend; from Saturday at 6:00 p.m. until Sunday at 6:00
p.m. the second weekend, and alternating these time periods each weekend
thereafter. Weekday parenting time shall be on Tuesday and Thursday from
5 p.m. until 8 p.m.
b. Holiday parenting time shall not be observed, except as follows: The non-
residential or non-custodial parent shall have the child for Thanksgiving
parenting time from Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. until Thursday evening at
8 p.m., Winter Break parenting time from 6 p.m. Christmas Eve to 6 p.m.
Christmas Day in even-numbered years or 6 p.m. Christmas Day to 6 p.m.
December 26 in odd-numbered years, Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends
from 6 p.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. Monday, and Mother’s Day or Father’s Day
(whichever is applicable) from 12 p.m. until 6 p.m.
c. The non-residential or non-custodial parent shall be responsible for all
transportation to exercise the above parenting time. The parties shall
communicate regarding sleep schedules, feeding schedules, and any special
dietary or other considerations for the child. The non-residential or non-
custodial parents shall follow these schedules and considerations so as to
make the transition between homes as seamless as possible for the infant
child.
MODEL PARENTING TIME SCHEDULE
FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMON PLEAS COURT
DOMESTIC AND JUVENILE DIVISIONS
FOR PARENTS TRAVELING OVER 90 MILES ONE WAY
This schedule is merely a guideline for parenting time. It is the parties’ responsibility to tailor this schedule as necessary to meet the best interests of their children and their situation before the schedule becomes a court order.
Liberal parenting time arrangements are encouraged, as contact with both parents is important to the children. Specific items in the Journal Entry take precedence over this schedule. Changes or modifications can be made by the Court if need for such is shown. This schedule does not affect support payments. Activities you engage in with your children, skills you teach them, or friends you help them make will make their time with you more rewarding. Additionally, regardless of how much time each parent spends with the children, there are many opportunities to be involved in their lives, such as participation and attendance at their school, sporting and extracurricular activities.
PARENTING TIME BETWEEN THE CHILDREN AND THE NON-RESIDENTIAL PARENT SHALL TAKE PLACE AT SUCH TIMES AND PLACES AS THE PARTIES MAY AGREE, BUT WILL NOT BE LESS THAN:
1. Pre-School Age: Unless otherwise agreed, pre-School age children shall follow
the same schedule as school age children in the school district where they live,
whether or not a school age child resides in the family. Frequent contact with
both parents is recommended for very young children.
2. Winter Break: Winter Break will be divided in half and alternated annually, by
half, between the parents.
3. Spring Break: The non-residential parent shall be entitled to the entire school
vacation (the day school is out to the day before school recommences) in odd-
numbered years.
4. Summer: Each parent shall be entitled to one half of the school summer
vacation. Summer school necessary for the child(ren) to pass to the next grade
must be attended. The residential parent shall notify the non-residential parent
by March 15 of when the summer vacation begins and ends. The non-
residential parent must notify the residential parent as to their intentions by
April 15.
a. If the parties cannot agree which half of the summer they prefer, in the even-
numbered years, the first half of the summer shall be spent at the home of the
non-residential parent, and in the odd-numbered years, the second half.
b. A general itinerary should be provided either parent if more than 2 days will be
spent away from either home when the children are in that parent's care.
5. Vacations: Each parent may arrange an uninterrupted vacation of not more
than two weeks with the children. If this includes a trip away from home a
general itinerary of the vacation shall be provided for the other parent,
including dates, locations, addresses, and telephone numbers.
6. Additional Parenting time:
a. Weekend: A once-a-month, weekend visit to the non-residential parent's home
shall be permitted if the child's traveling time does not exceed THREE AND ONE
HALF HOURS, one way. The residential parent must be notified at least one
week in advance. THE NONRESIDENTIAL PARENT SHALL PROVIDE THE
TRANSPORTATION FOR WEEKEND PARENTING TIME.
b. Father's Day and Mother's Day should always be spent with the appropriate
parent.
c. The non-residential parent shall notify the residential parent as least two days
in advance of any time the non-residential parent will be in the area and wants
parenting time. Absent extraordinary circumstances, this parenting time shall
occur.
d. The residential parent shall notify the non-residential parent at least two days
in advance when the residential parent and child(ren) will be in the area of the
non-residential parent, and parenting time must be allowed.
7. Telephone Access:
a. Children can call either parent as often as they wish, at reasonable times, so
long as the call is collect if it is a long-distance call.
b. In addition, the non-possessory parent shall be entitled to telephone
communication with the children not less than three times per week for not
less than 15 minutes per call.
c. Possessory parent shall not interfere with or stop telephone communication.
8. Transportation: Responsibility for transportation costs should be decided in
advance and a plan written into an Order of the Court. The costs of
transportation, in the appropriate case, may be a basis for deviation from the
child support schedule. Parties shall also decide and provide in the plan where
the child(ren) shall be picked up and dropped off.
9. Moving: Upon either parent learning or determining, whichever first occurs, that
he/she will be moving, he/she will immediately notify the other parent and
provide the other parent with the moving date, new residence address and
telephone number, and such other pertinent information necessary to
effectuate a smooth move for the children. The parents shall attempt, in good
faith, to renegotiate an appropriate and beneficial new parenting time
schedule.
10. Current Address and Telephone Number: Except as provided in the court order,
each parent shall keep the other informed of his/her current address and
telephone number at all times. Emergency Contact: Both parents shall at all
times, regardless of whether the children are with him/her, provide the other
parent with a telephone number for contact in the event of an emergency.
11. Car Seat: For any and all children required by law to ride in a car seat, the
parents shall transfer the car seat with the child as parenting time exchanges
occur.
12. Clothing: The parents shall cooperate in the exchange of the children's clothing
prior to and following parenting time.
(Effective January 1, 2015
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