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HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-04570 " parents jointly, after discussion and consultation with each other and with a view towards obtaining and following a harmonious policy in the child's best interest. (b) Each party agrees to keep the other informed of the progress of the child's education and social adjustments. Each party agrees not to impair the other party's right to shared legal or physical custody of the child. Each party agrees to give support to the other in the role as parent and to take into account the concerns of the other for the physical and emotional well-being of the child. (c) While in the presence of the child, neither parent shall make or permit any other person to make any remarks or do anything which could in any way be construed as derogatory or uncomplimentary to the other parent. It shall be the express duty of each parent to uphold the other parent as one whom the child should respect and love. (d) It shall be the obligation of each parent to make the child available to the other in accordance with the physical custody schedule and to encourage her to participate in the plan hereby agreed and ordered. (e) Each parent shall have the duty to notify the other of any event or activity that could reasonably be expected to be of significant concern to the other parent. 2 " .' .' (f) The parente shall communicate directly with one another concerning any parenting issue requiring consultation and agreement and regarding any proposed modifications to the physical custody schedule, which may from time to time become necessary, and shall specifically not use the child as a messenger. Furthermore, until the child attains the age of ten (10) neither parent shall discuss with the child any proposed changes to the physical custody schedule, or any other issue requiring consultation and agreement, prior to discussing the matter and reaching an agreement with the other parent. (g) With regard to any emergency decisions which must be made, the parent with physical custody of the child at the time shall be permitted to make the decision necessitated by the emergency without consulting the other parent in advance. However, the parent with physical custody making an emergenc.y decision shall inform the other of the emergency and consult with him/her as soon as possible. Day-to-day decisions of a routine nature including those relating to medical care shall be the responsibility of the parent having physical custody at the time. (h) Each parent shall be entitled to complete and full information from any doctor, dentist, teacher or authority and have copies of any reports given to them as a parent. Such documents include, but are not limited to, medical reports, academic and 3 " , ' school report cards, birth certificates, etc. Both parents may and are encouraged to attend school conferences and activities. The Father's name shall be listed with the school as the alternative parent to be contacted in the event of an emergency and to be notified regarding school events. However, it will be Mother's primary responsibility to provide Father with copies of report cards and all notifications of major school events. (i) Neither parent shall ,schedule activities or appointments for the child which would require their attendance or participation at said activity or appointment during a time when they are scheduled to be in the physical custody of the other parent without that parent's express prior approval. (j) The parties hereby acknowledge that they have ., discussed and jointly made the following decisions: 1. The parties agree that Jones Daley Caldron, et al, will be the child's pediatrician and accordingly, will provide medical treatment to the child when necessary. 2. The parties acknowledge that the child's legal name is Paige Lorraine Zembower and that she shall be known by this name for all purposes. The parties agree that they will instruct their respective families and friends that the child should not be referred to by any other name. 4 3. The parents acknowledge that they each expect the child to attend college and if they are a good student with a high probability of gaining entrance and succeeding in college. The parties agree that they shall each be actively involved in the selection of an appropriate post-high school education for the child and that the choice of any college or institution shall be mutually agreed upon by Father, Mother and the child, taking into consideration the parents' then financial ability and economic circumstances, and the child's needs, desires, talents and aptitudes for post-high school education. II. PHYSICAL CUSTODY The parents shall share physical custody of the child. Father shall have Mother shall have primary physical custody. visitation and partial custody as periodically determined by mutual agreement. The parties may by mutual agreement provide for periodic visitation. Failing mutual agreement to the contrary, the following schedule shall apply: a) On alternating weekends with Father from Friday at 4:00 p.m. until Saturday at 5:00 p.m. b) One mid-week visitation with Father on Wednesday or Thursday from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. c) On alternating holidays with Father, the holidays being Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving. The holidays that include Memorial Day, 5 Fourth of July and Labor Day will extend from 5:00 p.m. the preceding day until 5:00 p.m. on the holiday itself. Easter and Thanksgiving Day will commence from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Father will have Thanksgiving Day in 1995 and the holidays will alternate thereafter. d) Christmas will be split into two segments. The first beginning at 12:00 noon on Christmas Eve until 12:00 noon on Christmas Day; and the second at 12:00 noon on Christmas Day until 12:00 noon on December 26th. The parties will alternate these two segments with Mother having the first segment in 1995. h) Father's Day from the day preceding Father's Day at 5:00 p.m. until Father's Day at 5:00 p.m. Mother's Day weekend with Mother. Each parent shall have physical custody of the child for attendance at family funerals and weddings with reasonable notice to the other parent. The parties understand that the physical custody arrangement was entered into by mutual agreement. Either party may petition the Court for a modification of this physical custody arrangement without the necessity of showing a change in circumstances. e) f) g) III. TELEPHONE PRIVILEGES The parties agree that there shall be reasonable telephone The parents are access between the child and both parents. encouraged to place telephone calls to the child between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. so as not to interfere with dinner or bedtime. The child shall be permitted free access to place calls to her parents at any time she desires. 6 VI. RELOCATION The parties have negotiated the custody and partial custody portions of this Agreement based upon existing circumstances, and in particular, based upon Wife'S and Husband's current residences in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. If either parent desires to establish a residence more than twenty-five (25) miles from his or her present residence, he or she shall give the other parent at least ninety (90) days written notice in advance of the proposed move, in order to give the parties the opportunity to confer, prior to the relocation, and to establish a mutually satisfactory arrangement as to custody and partial custody in light of the changed circumstances. In the event that the parties are unable to reach an agreement, then the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County shall have jurisdiction over them to fashion an appropriate custody/partial custody. V. TRANSPORTATION For all visits contemplated hereunder, the receiving parent shall be responsible for picking up the child at the designated time at the residence of the other parent, or at such other location as they shall mutually agreed. 7