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What is crucial in developing a parenting plan is to have a plan that accommodates and meets the children's needs and is not simply in place for the ease or convenience of parents. The same parenting plan may not work for all children in a family, and the goal of all parents should be to support the healthy development of children as individuals and not simply as a sibling group. | What is crucial in developing a parenting plan is to have a plan that accommodates and meets the children's needs and is not simply in place for the ease or convenience of parents. The same parenting plan may not work for all children in a family, and the goal of all parents should be to support the healthy development of children as individuals and not simply as a sibling group. | ||
<span style="color:#D2691E">'''Important changes'''</span> <br /> | |||
Under the changes to the ''Divorce Act'', the court is required to include the parts of agreements about parenting after separation, which it calls ''parenting plans'', into orders about children. However, if the court decides that any part of a parenting plan is not in the best interests of a child, it can change the terms of the parenting plan in its order. | |||
===Sample parenting plans=== | ===Sample parenting plans=== | ||
