Document Drafting

Mock case: Parenting Plan Proposal

A residency schedule specific enough that nobody has to interpret it.

Adeyemi v. Adeyemi; contested divorce, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Family Division

Parenting Plan Proposal, page 1 of 4 — Parenting Plan Proposal· 4 pages
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Parenting Plan Proposal, page 2 of 4 — Parenting Plan Proposal· 4 pages
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All work samples are drawn from supervised mock case scenarios. No real client data is shown or used.

The brief

Draft a parenting plan proposal for two children, aged 11 and 8, in a contested divorce. The value is in the specificity: every handover named to the day and hour, so the document settles arguments instead of starting them.

The process

1Review of the client’s instructions and the positions taken in the opposing party’s response.
2Weekly schedule drafted day by day, with the midweek visit and alternate weekends fixed to the hour.
3Holiday rotation written for Christmas, spring break, summer, statutory and school holidays, alternating by odd and even year.
4Decision-making, communication protocol and an annual review clause added to close the gaps the schedule cannot.

Key features

Day-by-day weekly residency schedule
Holiday rotation alternating by year
Joint legal decision-making clauses
Communication protocol with a 24-hour response rule

Systems utilised

Microsoft Word
Clio Manage
Adobe Acrobat Pro

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