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Ashland County - DR Rule 20. Model Companionship Schedule And Parenting Order

(A) Children’s Education: The residential parent shall keep the nonresidential parent informed concerning the child’s education and therefore, the residential parent shall:

  1. give information to school authorities in the school in which the children are enrolled so as to:
    1. list the nonresidential parent as a parent of the children;
    2. authorize the school to release to the nonresidential parent any and all information concerning the children;
  2. make every effort to see that the nonresidential parent receives copies of all school notices regarding the children.
  3. promptly transmit to the nonresidential parent information received concerning parent‑teacher conferences, school programs, athletic schedules and any other school activity or extracurricular activity in which the children engage.
  4. promptly, after receiving the same, furnish to the nonresidential parent a photocopy of the child’s grades or reports, or copies of any report concerning the child’s status or progress.
  5. when feasible and when requested by the nonresidential parent, arrange appointments for parent‑teacher conferences at a time when the nonresidential parent can also be present .or notify the nonresidential parent of the time period such conferences are held so that the nonresidential parent may secure a separate conference with the teacher.

(B) Companionship: Companionship is a period for the child to spend time with the parent with whom the child does not regularly reside. Activities which a parent shares with a child or skills which a parent can teach, help the time to be rewarding. Liberal companionship arrangements are encouraged, as contact with both parents is important to the children. The following schedule shall be considered “reasonable” companionship except as otherwise indicated. Specific items in the Judgment Entry take precedence over this schedule. This schedule assumes that if the parents have more than one child, companionship shall be exercised with all of the children together. Changes or modifications can be made by the Court, if need for such is shown.

  1. Weekends: The non-custodial parent shall be entitled to companionship on alternate weekends from Friday at 6:00 p.m. until Sunday at 7:00 p.m. during the school year and 8:00 p.m. during the summer.
  2. Weekday: In addition, the non-custodial parent shall be entitled to one week day companionship from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The day for this weekday companionship shall be agreed upon by the parties, but in the event they cannot agree, the companionship shall take place every Wednesday.
  3. Special Days: There shall be special days on which companionship will occur. Companionship on special days shall take priority over weekend and weekday companionship. A holiday that falls on a regularly scheduled weekend or weekday companionship period shall be spent with the parent specified below and the weekend or weekday companionship shall not be required to be made up. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing and filed with the Court, the dates and ties of those companionship periods shall be as follows:
    1. Easter: Easter Sunday shall be spent with the Father in even years and the Mother in odd years. The time for Easter companionship shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
    2. Memorial Day: Memorial Day shall be spent with the Mother in even years and with the Father in odd years. The time for Memorial Day companionship shall be from 6:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding Memorial Day until 7:00 p.m. on Memorial Day.
    3. Fourth of July: The Fourth of July shall be spent with the Father in even years and with the Mother in odd years. The time for Fourth of July companionship shall be from 9:00 a.m. on July 4th through 9:00 a.m. on July 5th.
    4. Labor Day: Labor Day shall be spent with the Mother in even years and with the Father in odd years. The time for Labor Day companionship shall be from 6:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding Labor Day until 7:00 p.m. on Labor Day.
    5. Halloween: Halloween shall be spent with the Father in even years and with the Mother in odd years. The time for Halloween companionship shall be from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. This companionship shall occur on the night when Trick or Treat is scheduled in the parent’s neighborhood.
    6. Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving shall be spent with the Mother in even years and with the Father in odd years. This companionship shall commence at 6:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving and end at 7:00 p.m. on the Sunday following Thanksgiving.
    7. Christmas Eve: Christmas Eve shall be spent with the Mother in even years and with the Father in odd years. Christmas Eve companionship shall begin at 6:00 p.m. on the last day of school before Christmas and end at 9:00 a.m. on December 25th. In the event the child is not in school yet, this companionship shall commence on December 20th at 6:00 p.m.
    8. Christmas: Christmas shall be spent with the Father in even years and with the mother in odd years. Christmas companionship shall begin at 9:00 a.m. on December 25th and shall end at 7:00 p.m. on the day before the child is scheduled to return to school. In the event the child is not in school yet, this companionship shall end on January 1 st at 7:00 p.m.
    9. Child’s Birthday: The child’s birthday shall be spent with the Mother in even years and with the Father in odd years. In the event the child is attending school on the day of his or her birthday, the time for the birthday companionship shall be from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. If the child is not attending school that day, the time for this. companionship shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the school year or 8:00 p.m. during the summer.
    10. Mother’s Day and the Mother’s Birthday: Mother’s Day shall always be spent with the Mother from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The . mother shall have companionship with the child on her birthday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. if her birthday falls on a school day, or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. if her birthday falls on a day the child does not have school.
    11. Father’s Day and the Father’s Birthday: Father’s Day shall always be spent with the Father from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The father shall have companionship with the child on his birthday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. if his birthday falls on a school day, or 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. if his birthday falls on a day the child does not have school.
    12. Spring Break: The child shall spend his or her Spring Break from school with the Mother in odd years and the father in even years. Spring Break companionship shall commence at 6:00 p.m. on the day school recesses for break and shall end at 7:00 p.m. on the day before school resumes.
  4. Vacation:
    1. The nonresidential parent shall be entitled to four (4) weeks of companionship each year. This nonresidential parent shall give the residential parent a minimum of sixty (60) days advance notice of when he, or she will exercise this extended companionship. This companionship shall only be exercised during the child’s summer vacation from school if the child attends school. The nonresidential parent’s choice of vacation has priority over the residential parent’s, choice, unless the residential parent’s vacation is an annual mandatory shut‑down of the place of employment, or unless the residential parent is required by an employer to give more than sixty days notice of intent to take a vacation and the nonresidential parent has no similar requirement. Likewise, the residential parent must give the other parent not less than sixty (60) days advance notice of vacations or special plans for the child to avoid planning conflicts. Parents who cannot resolve vacation scheduling conflicts may file a motion in the Court.
    2. The nonresidential parent may schedule extended companionship during a period when the child is attending mandatory summer school. However, the nonresidential parent will be responsible for seeing that the child regularly attends all summer school classes during the companionship. Mandatory summer school is summer school necessary for the child to pass to the next grade.
    3. When taking a vacation outside of the parent’s community, each parent must provide the other parent with the location(s) where the child is going, times of arrival and departure, the method of travel, and a phone number where the child may be reached in an emergency.
    4. Vacation companionship must be exercised in minimum periods of two weeks and the nonresidential parent has the right to determine whether to exercise vacation periods of two or four weeks. This may be modified by agreement or Court order, where appropriate.
    5. The residential parent shall be entitled to two weeks per year of vacation time, uninterrupted by weekend or weekday companionship.

(C) Companionship Schedule for Long‑Distance Travel

  1. For parents residing in different locations that make companionship on alternating weekend and one night per week impractical, companionship shall consist of the Christmas Eve, Christmas and Spring Break companionship specified above and one‑half of the child’s summer vacation. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the first half of summer vacation shall be spent with the nonresidential parent and the second half shall be spent with the residential parent.
  2. All provisions of Rule 20, with the exception of Division (B)(1), (2)[except subdivisions (g), (h) and (1)] shall fully apply to any long‑distance companionship periods.
  3. A nonresidential parent shall give notice to a residential parent at least two (2) days in advance of any time the nonresidential parent will be in the area and is desirous of a companionship period. If given at least a two (2) day notice, the residential parent shall afford the nonresidential parent companionship with the child when the nonresidential parent is visiting in the area.

(D) Transportation: The nonresidential parent shall be responsible for transportation for visitation, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. The parents, if unavailable for the pick‑up or delivery of the child, must use an adult well known to the child for this purpose. All child restraint laws must be complied with by any person driving with the child. No person transporting the child may be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Only licensed drivers may transport the child. If the child is in a child care arrangement, the nonresidential parent may not pick up the child from child care, without the prior written permission of the residential parent. The residential parent shall provide such written permission for the nonresidential parent to pick the child up from child care, unless cause is shown for failing to provide such written permission.

(E) Address and Telephone Numbers: Each parent must, unless the court orders otherwise, keep the other informed of his and her current address and telephone number. Each parent shall have the right to talk over the telephone with the child no less that two (2) times per week for no more than one‑half (1/2) hour per call. Phone calls should be made during the child’s normal waking hours; and if the child is unavailable for conversation, each parent shall take.responsibility for seeing that the child timely returns the call. A child is permitted to call a parent no less that two (2) times per week, at the discretion of the child. The child’s telephone privileges shall not be used by either parent as a ploy to send messages to the other parent and telephone contact initiated by the child shall not be forced on the child by pressure or coercion.

(F) Children’s Activities: Scheduled companionship periods shall not be delayed or denied because a child has other scheduled activities (with friends, work, lessons, sports, etc.). It is the responsibility of the parents to discuss activities important to the child in advance. including time, dates, and transportation needs, so that the child is not deprived of activities and maintaining friendships. If the activities are regularly scheduled and within the knowledge of the parties at the time of the divorce or decree, then said activities should be agreed upon in advance and written into the judgment entry or decree. Both parents are encouraged to attend all their child’s activities.

(G) Promptness: The child and/or the residential parent have no duty to await the nonresidential parent to pick up the child for more than thirty (30) minutes of the companionship time. A parent who is late forfeits companionship for that time period. A parent who has a pattern of lateness is subject to a loss of companionship privileges or contempt upon proper filing of pleadings with the Court.

(H) Illness: If a child is ill and therefore unable to attend a companionship period, the residential parent should give twenty‑four (24) hours notice to the nonresidential parent if possible. The time lost by reason of the child being ill is to be made up within the next ensuing six weeks at a time chosen by the nonresidential parent. If a nonresidential parent is ill and therefore unable to exercise a companionship period, the nonresidential parent should give the residential parent twenty‑four (24) hours notice, if possible. The time lost by reason of the nonresidential parent being ill is forfeited.

(I) Clothing: Sufficient clothing shall be sent by the residential parent with the child for periods of companionship.

(J) Permanent Removal from Ashland County: The residential parent shall not permanently remove the children from Ashland County without reasonable written notice to the nonresidential parent unless both parties agree and have such agreement approved by the Court and journalized. If the parties cannot agree, then a hearing shall be held on the Motion of the residential parent or the nonresidential parent.

(K) Criticism: Both parents shall refrain from criticizing the other parent in the presence of the children.

(L) Records and Activities: Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 3109.051(H)(1) and (J)(1), the nonresidential parent shall have the right to request, inspect and receive copies of all records pertaining to the child and the right to access to all activities of the child, under the same terms and conditions as the residential parent, unless the Court otherwise orders.

(M) Notice of and Attachment of the Rule: It shall be the responsibility of the attorney to advise the parties in domestic relations proceedings of the contents of Rule 20. In every case where there are children involved and a divorce, dissolution or legal separation decree is issued, counsel preparing the decree shall attach a copy of Rule 20 to each decree so that parents may familiarize themselves with the Rule.

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