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Agreement On Custody and Support
Agreement On Custody and Support
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I. GUIDING PRINCIPLES
In all decisions involving the children of the parties, the best interest of
the child will be the primary consideration
B. Good Faith
Both parties will honor the agreement in good faith and assume that
both parties are acting in good faith in the implementation of this
Agreement.
Both parties recognizes each other as common parents of their child, give
respect to their role as parents and will mutually cooperate with each
other for the best interest of the child.
D. Flexibility
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E. Mediation
Both parties agree that in case of disagreement or conflict with any of the
terms in this Agreement, they will first exert efforts to resolve the conflict
through mediation. Court proceedings will be taken only as a last resort.
Mediation can be done through lawyer to lawyer or to a third neutral
party acceptable to both parties.
II. PARENTING
A. The Father shall have access and visitation rights with the Child every
weekends starting from Friday of 5:00 P.M. to Sunday of 5:00 P.M. The
visitation rights shall commence from Friday, (date);
C. The Child shall be with the Mother on her birthday and on Mother’s Day.
Subsequently, the Child will be with the father on his birthday and on
Father’s Day for a reasonable period of time as long as it does not
interfere with school hours or bedtime;
D. The Father shall have visitation rights for one-half of the Christmas
school holiday every year. Every year, the parents shall have alternate
the schedule between the first and second half of the Christmas school
holidays. During the Easter school holiday, the parents will follow a
similar schedule;
E. The non-custodial parent shall spend as much time with the Child as
possible and agrees not to leave the Child in the custody of other people
or any environment, other than a homely environment;
G. The non-custodial parent shall inform the custodial parent in the event
of any unforeseen circumstances that may prevent him from exercising
his visitation rights during the year;
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J. Each parent shall intimate the other of any change in his/her residential
address, telephone numbers including workplace and home, the Child’s
school details, and of any change of location that may occur for more
than five (5) days during the year. The information is strictly for the
purpose of the Child’s safety and shall not be used as a medium to
invade on the other’s privacy;
Both parties shall provide the necessary support for their Child. In the
case of financial support, as much as possible, IT WILL BE EQUALLY
DIVIDED between the Parents, taking into consideration the financial
capacity of each parent.
B. Both parents hereby declare that they have understood the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
BEFORE ME, in the City of Manila, this _____ day of _____________, 2012,
personally appeared the following:
All known to me and known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing
instrument and acknowledged before me that the same is their free and
voluntary act and deed as well as those of the entities they represent.
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Said instrument refers to the Agreement consisting of four (4) pages,
including this page of Acknowledgment, signed by the parties and their
witnesses and sealed with my notarial seal.
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