A custody calendar to coordinate your children's activities for more successful co-parenting...

Back in 1985, when I went through my first divorce, joint custody was not readily available like it is today. Children spent one week night with their father and every other weekend. Today, joint custody is the norm and division of holidays given equally to both parents.

Joint custody also brings with it a multitude and wide variety of parenting plans. I have seen where even Lincoln's birthday is alternated annually! Confusion can set in if one is not organized...

I found that a single calendar can cure the most emotionally charged hot-spot of co-parenting -- miscommunication and the juggling of schedules between two households. The benefits of sharing an on-line calendar are: enhanced communication between parents; misunderstandings or oversights reduced; custody days and holidays clearly laid out visually; and most importantly, the children are taken out of the role of "note carrier".

I, personally, like The Custody KeeperŪ calendar which is a secure, online program designed specifically for organizing and keeping track of custody schedules/activities - and to make communications between you and the ex much easier. The program also provides you with the tools for managing all sorts of other information like events and holidays, medical and school info, personal diary, contacts, photo galleries, etc. There is a lot there, and more added every month, but the program is self-explanatory and user-friendly. Custody KeeperŪ also provides some parenting plan guide lines and check lists.

In addition to many cooperative co-parents using Custody KeeperŪ, many 'one-sided' clients - those whose ex is difficult and refuses to use the program - use the calendar regardless to document events and to keep the children's activities 'there for the looking', thereby giving the ex-spouse no excuse for ignorance in the event of a return to the court room!

Custody KeeperŪ calendar >>