1. The parties agree to share joint legal custody of this minor child, and this joint custodial arrangement requires the parties to communicate and discuss any major issues regarding the health, education and religious upbringing of this child. Each party will be responsible for half of the un-reimbursed medical expenses. Non-emergency medical/dental procedures (including but not limited to braces) not covered by health insurance are to be discussed and agreed upon ahead of time.
2. Defendant shall be entitled to visit with the parties' child on alternating weekends from 6:00 pm Friday until 6:00 pm Sunday. These alternating weekends shall commence as of ???, and shall alternate thereafter. Parties shall exchange the child at _____ location.
3. Day/s of the week - to be defined.
4. Summer vacation. Each party shall have the child one full week during the summer. Defendant may not remove the parties' child from the State of Pennsylvania without prior notification to the Plaintiff. The Defendant shall be responsible for daily phone contact to the Plaintiff between the hours of 5-7 each evening.
5. The parties shall alternate all major holidays Mother even years, Father odd years.

   i.New Years Day (MOTHER)
   ii.President's Day (FATHER)
   iii.Easter Sunday (MOTHER)
   iv.Memorial Day (FATHER)
   v.4th of July, (that day) (MOTHER)
   vi.Labor Day (FATHER)
   vii.Thanksgiving (MOTHER)
   viii. Christmas Eve - 5pm until 12:00 noon on Christmas Day.(FATHER)
   ix.Christmas Day - (MOTHER)12:00 noon until 8:00 am the next day
   x. Other major holidays to be specifically defined.
   

6. Where a Monday holiday is adjacent to a parties' week-end, the visitation will continue through and include Sunday Monday night.

   (1)Holiday hours are defined as: 9:00am - 7:00 pm.
   (2) Defendant shall have holiday visitation with the parties' child on Defendant's birthday, each Father's Day, the Plaintiff shall have holiday visitation with the child on Defendant's birthday and Mother's day.
   (3) The Mother shall have the parties' child on her birthday until she reaches the age of 7, at which time the parties shall alternate with the Defendant commencing on June 1, 2003.

7. Should the Defendant fail to comply with any provisions of this visitation schedule, then upon Plaintiff's ex-parte application, with notice to Defendant, a bench warrant shall be issued for the arrest and incarceration of Defendant/Plaintiff, and an Order transferring custody of the parties' child to Defendant/Plaintiff _____.

Topics to consider

• School Pictures, not as easy to get as you might expect
  
• Softball, sports pictures, schedules, etc.
  
• What kindergarten ( private kindergartens, such as Montessori are not required by FERPA to provide the non-custodial parent with copies of records)
  
• Alternating income tax deductions - this is not an automatic right you have to get it from the beginning or you won’t get it
  
• What are the rights of the step parents?
  
• Who is the alternate for school emergencies when the mother can’t be reached?
  Alternates need to be agreed upon if the mother or father can’t pick-up the children. Just because Dad works late should not mean he can’t have the children for his week-end.
  
• Phone contact during the week.
• What would be a backup plan if the children are never home when you call.
  

. E-MAIL______ MOTHER'S RIGHTS ARE ASSUMED, FATHERS HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THEM