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AGREEMENT ON CUSTODY AND SUPPORT

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This Agreement is entered by and between:

___________________________, of legal age, Filipino, (civil


status) and a resident of (residence).

-and-

___________________________ of legal age, Filipino, (civil


status) and a resident of (residence).

WHEREAS, Parties have a child name ______________________________________


born _____________________ in ______________________,

WHEREFORE, Parties have agreed on the matters of support and custody in


connection with their child, as follows:

I. GUIDING PRINCIPLES

A. Best Interest of the Child

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.

C. Recognition of Each Other as Co-Parents

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

Both parties agree to be flexible with regards to the visitation


arrangement taking into consideration the developmental stage of the
child, her best interest and welfare and the living conditions and
personal circumstances of both parents.

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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);

B. In this Child visitation agreement, the Mother agrees to extend the


Father’s visitation rights in the event of a legal holiday falling over a long
weekend. The Father’s visitation rights will extend from 5:00 P.M., of the
beginning of the three-day weekend until 5:00 P.M. on Sunday or
Monday, depending on the last day of the holidays. Other legal holidays
that may fall on a Tuesday or Wednesday may be alternated between the
parents;

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;

F. Both parents undertake to avoid arranging any activities that can


interfere with the schedules of the other parent set forth in this child
visitation agreement;

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;

H. If the non-custodial parent fails to arrive at the times specified in the


child visitation agreement, the custodial parent will only wait for one
hour and will consider the visitation cancelled unless prior intimation is
provided by the non-custodial parent;

I. In emergencies, both parents are authorized to take any steps in order to


protect the health and welfare of the Child;

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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;

K. Neither parent shall say anything of a derogatory nature against the


other in the presence of the Child. Both parents hereby agree to refrain
from making statements that may tend to dissuade the Child from
spending time with the other parent.

III. FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE CHILD

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.

IV. MUTUAL PROVISIONS

A. This Agreement on Custody and Support is binding to both parents and


supersedes any other oral or written child visitation agreements;

B. Both parents hereby declare that they have understood the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, both Parents hereby affixed their signature this


__ day of _______________, 2012, ________________.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Republic of the Philippines )


City of Manila ) Sc

BEFORE ME, in the City of Manila, this _____ day of _____________, 2012,
personally appeared the following:

GOVERNMENT PLACE OF DATE OF


NAME
ISSUED ID ISSUANCE ISSUANCE

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.

Book No. _____


Doc. No. _____
Page. No. ____
Series of 2012.

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