Child Custody Agreement - Colorado

CHILD CUSTODY AGREEMENT AND PARENTING PLAN

Proposed allocation of parental responsibilities for court approval. The signing parties agree to the completed terms below and submit this plan for the court's review. The court decides whether to approve it. Attach additional signed pages where needed and follow the assigned court's filing instructions.

1. COURT AND CASE INFORMATION

Agreement Type

☐ The parties agree on every completed section of this signed parenting plan.

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

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: [________________________________]

The terms below are subject to every controlling protection order and required court findings. A request for mutual decision-making, unsupervised parenting time, mediation, direct communication, or a particular exchange method does not displace those 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: [________________________________]

Uninterrupted vacation blocks and annual selection deadline: [________________________________]

If requested dates conflict, selection priority: [________________________________]

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: [________________________________]

First offer of care, if agreed and consistent with safety orders: ☐ None ☐ If a party needs other care for more than [____] hours, that party will first offer the period to [________________________________] by [________________________________]. A response is due within [____] hours. Exceptions: [________________________________].

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

If a child resides with a party a majority of the time and that party intends to relocate with the child to a residence that substantially changes the child's geographical ties with the other party, the relocating party shall give written notice as soon as practicable stating the intended location, reason, and a proposed revised parenting-time plan. The parties shall follow any controlling order and use the court process for a disputed parenting-time modification.

☐ No party presently plans such a move.

☐ A possible move is disclosed for planning only:

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: [________________________________]

An agreement in this section does not change the court's authority over the plan. A party seeking enforcement, restriction, modification, relocation, or emergency relief shall use the current court procedure.

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: [________________________________]

Related court filings or orders, if applicable: [________________________________]

15. VERIFIED SIGNATURES

Each signer confirms that this plan and its signed attachments reflect the completed terms that signer proposes for court approval.

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: [__/__/____]

17. COURT DISPOSITION

☐ Approved as submitted and incorporated into the court's order.

☐ Approved with the following changes stated in the court's order: [________________________________]

☐ Not approved; the court's separate parenting-time and decision-making orders control.

Date: [__/__/____]

Judge or Judicial Officer: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• Colorado Revised Statutes, official OLLS 2026 Title 14 compilation
• Colorado Judicial Branch JDF 1113 — Parenting Plan