Keeping a journal for Child Custody.

Getting a divorce is often a complicated process, which becomes even more complicated when there are children involved. By keeping a journal for child custody, you will smoothen the entire process, and reduce the stress involved on you and your child. The journal will also be extremely useful to your attorney, and will often be used by the court to help with the process. 

Documenting the process should become a habit; and this journal is the ultimate tool to developing this habit. EVERYTHING that happens to your child, whether good, bad, or neutral should be recorded and dated. Ones memory will often fail to hold up in court when in court or mediation in regards to child custody.

What this journal contains:

Visitation planner: The visitation planner at the beginning of the diary contains space for you to quickly plan your visitations. This information is crucial for keeping to agreed upon times and dates and should be recorded as soon as each agreement is made, to avoid any later disputes. Input sections for:

• Date

• Pick up and drop off time

• Pick up and drop off location

Communication Log: A communication log is one of the most important aspects of keeping a journal for child custody. It ensures that you are protected and prepared for all agreements and conversations that will happen between the other parent, lawyer etc. Inputs include:

• Time, date, start time and length of conversation

• Nature of the conversation, who initiated it, what was covered

• Main points raised

• Additional information

Visitation log: Visitation is often one of the trickiest parts of managing child custody. The visitation log in this journal is designed to ensure both parties uphold their agreements that were made in regards to visitation, and that the child’s best interests are kept at the forefront of the agreements.

Other notes: A section for any other notes related to child custody. Remember: everything related to this process should be recorded. Any information that may not fit into the other sections should be written here. It may include things such as your child's mood after a visit, something your child says about their other parent etc. This section will be used almost every day used correctly, with each note dated as instructed. If any other sections should run out, continue to use this section.

Tips for keeping this journal: As well as the information included above, the journal contains tips about how best to keep this journal.

Book Features:

• 8.5 x 11 inch in size

• 120 total pages - Multiple 'sections' per page (Should last around 1 year)

• Perfect bound with a beautiful soft matte cover

• Printed on white bleedproof paper

• Durable

Tips for keeping a child custody journal

Remain Balanced - stay objective: While you want to do everything you can to get custody of your children, make sure you also write down the good things the other parent does. Remember, this is about what is best for your children, not what is best for you or for the other parent. NEVER LIE OR FALSIFY INFORMATION or you will ultimately lose the battle in court.

Include Smaller Details

Don’t forget to include the smaller, everyday details with your custody journal. Specifically, you’ll want to take note of:

• Comments your child makes about the other parent (Positive and negative)