Child Custody Agreement

CHILD CUSTODY (ALLOCATION OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES) AGREEMENT

COLORADO PARENTING PLAN DRAFTING AID

This document is a preparation aid for a proposed Colorado parenting plan. Transfer the final terms to the current Colorado Judicial Branch JDF 1113 or another form accepted by the assigned court. The Court decides whether to approve the plan.

1. COURT AND CASE INFORMATION

Agreement Type

☐ The parties agree on every completed section and will submit one signed parenting plan.

☐ The parties agree on some sections. Agreed sections are completed; disputed sections are identified for court process.

☐ The parties do not agree and will submit separate proposed parenting plans.

2. CHILDREN AND CURRENT ORDERS

Existing protection, no-contact, criminal, juvenile, child-welfare, or other order affecting contact or exchanges: ☐ None known ☐ Yes, identify court, case, entry, date, and controlling terms: [________________________________]

3. SAFETY AND COURT-REVIEW GATE

Before selecting mutual decision-making, direct parent-to-parent contact, mediation, exchange locations, travel, address disclosure, or electronic communication, identify whether any party alleges or the record contains:

• ☐ domestic violence or coercive control;
• ☐ child abuse or neglect;
• ☐ sexual assault connected to the child's conception;
• ☐ child sexual abuse;
• ☐ stalking, threats, harassment, or weapons risk;
• ☐ substance-use or mental-health facts affecting safety;
• ☐ an address-confidentiality or protected-information issue; or
• ☐ another safety concern: [________________________________].

Court finding or pending allegation: [________________________________]

Evidence or report submitted or expected: [________________________________]

Existing safety condition: [________________________________]

Requested safety condition: [________________________________]

Do not use this form to override a protection order or to privately decide that mutual decision-making, unsupervised parenting time, mediation, direct communication, or a particular exchange method is appropriate where safety facts require court findings.

4. PARENTING DECISIONS

For each subject, select the proposed decision-maker and state any consultation, emergency, tie-resolution, or information-sharing process.

Routine decisions while a child is with a party: [________________________________]

Emergency-care notice and consultation: [________________________________]

Provider and school contact-information exchange: [________________________________]

Access to records, subject to court orders: [________________________________]

5. SCHOOL-YEAR PARENTING TIME

School-closure and teacher-workday rule: [________________________________]

Late, missed, or weather-affected exchange procedure: [________________________________]

6. SUMMER SCHEDULE

☐ The school-year schedule continues during summer.

☐ The following summer schedule applies:

Summer-program and camp enrollment process: [________________________________]

7. HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS

This section supersedes the regular schedule only for completed rows.

8. TRANSPORTATION, EXCHANGES, AND CONTACT

Ordinary exchange location: [________________________________]

School or childcare exchange route: [________________________________]

Person responsible for transportation: [________________________________]

Authorized third-party transporter: [________________________________]

Protected or supervised exchange terms, if ordered or requested: [________________________________]

Delay notice method: [________________________________]

Child-to-parent telephone or video contact: [________________________________]

Parent-to-parent communication method and limits: [________________________________]

Emergency communication: [________________________________]

9. TRAVEL AND VACATIONS

Advance notice selected by the parties: [____] days.

Information to provide: ☐ dates ☐ destination ☐ lodging ☐ transportation ☐ emergency contact ☐ itinerary ☐ other: [________________________________]

Domestic travel terms: [________________________________]

International travel and passport terms: [________________________________]

Travel restriction or safety order: [________________________________]

Vacation selection priority and conflict rule: [________________________________]

10. MOVING AND RELOCATION

No party has a private right under this plan to make a move that requires court approval. A party intending to relocate with a child to a residence that substantially changes the child's geographical ties with the other party shall provide written notice as soon as practicable stating the intended location, reason, and a proposed revised parenting-time plan, and shall use the current court process.

☐ No party presently plans such a move.

☐ A possible move is disclosed for planning only:

This form supplies no fixed 60-day notice period or 21-day relocation-objection deadline.

11. CHILD SUPPORT, INSURANCE, AND EXPENSES

Child Support

☐ Existing order or Child Support Services case controls. Case or order: [________________________________]

☐ Current child-support worksheet will be filed. Worksheet result: $[________________________________] per [________________________________]

☐ The parties propose a different amount and will state the facts and calculation for court review: [________________________________]

Payment route: ☐ Family Support Registry ☐ other court-approved route: [________________________________]

Parenting-time compliance and child-support compliance shall be documented and enforced through their respective court processes; one is not made a private condition for withholding the other.

Insurance and Unreimbursed Expenses

12. TAX AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Any tax-dependent allocation must be reviewed for the applicable tax year and coordinated with the current support order.

Annual financial or insurance information exchange, if agreed or ordered: [________________________________]

13. FUTURE DISAGREEMENTS AND COURT PROCESS

Subject to the safety gate and any court order, select a process for issues the parties are permitted to resolve:

☐ Direct written discussion through [________________________________]

☐ Mediation through [________________________________]

☐ Parenting coordinator or decision-maker only if separately appointed and within the appointment order

☐ Other court-approved process: [________________________________]

No private default, cure, fee-shifting, contempt, injunction, arbitration, liability, indemnity, or modification result is created by this section. A party seeking enforcement, restriction, modification, relocation, or emergency relief shall use the current court procedure and prove the required facts.

14. OTHER TERMS

Additional agreed terms that are consistent with the safety gate and subject to court review:

1. [________________________________]
2. [________________________________]
3. [________________________________]

Terms intentionally left for court determination: [________________________________]

Separate documents to file or update:

• ☐ current JDF 1113 Parenting Plan;
• ☐ child-support worksheet and required financial forms;
• ☐ proposed order caption required by the selected process;
• ☐ relocation, modification, restriction, or enforcement form;
• ☐ protection-order or confidential-information filing; and
• ☐ other: [________________________________].

15. VERIFIED SIGNATURES

Each signer should read the final document and every attachment before signing. Use the current official form's verification language and any court-required electronic-filing signature format.

Petitioner

I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of Colorado that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on [__/__/____] at [________________________________], [State / Country].

Printed Name: [________________________________]

Signature: [________________________________]

Mailing Address: [________________________________]

Counsel Signature, if any: [________________________________]

Respondent or Co-Petitioner

I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of Colorado that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on [__/__/____] at [________________________________], [State / Country].

Printed Name: [________________________________]

Signature: [________________________________]

Mailing Address: [________________________________]

Counsel Signature, if any: [________________________________]

Other Named Party, if applicable

I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of Colorado that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on [__/__/____] at [________________________________], [State / Country].

Printed Name: [________________________________]

Signature: [________________________________]

Mailing Address: [________________________________]

Counsel Signature, if any: [________________________________]

16. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Complete this section if the current official form and filing posture require service.

On [__/__/____], I sent a copy of this document by:

☐ Colorado Courts E-Filing

☐ Regular mail

☐ Other authorized method: [________________________________]

☐ A copy was also sent to the Child Support Services unit involved in this case.

Signature: [________________________________]

Printed Name: [________________________________]

Date: [__/__/____]

Sources and References

• Colorado Revised Statutes, official OLLS Title 14 compilation
• 2026 Colorado HB 1309 signed act
• Colorado Judicial Branch JDF 1113 — Parenting Plan
• Colorado Judicial Branch JDF 1030 — Custody Guide