Custody & Parenting Mediation

Legal Decision-Making and Parenting Time, planned together.

Parents can use mediation to discuss how major decisions will be made and how time with their children will be shared — with family-specialist support where appropriate.

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Arizona terminology

Arizona uses the terms Legal Decision-Making (major decisions about education, health care and religious upbringing) and Parenting Time (the schedule each parent spends with the child).

Mediation gives parents a structured setting to discuss both, with the child's needs at the center.

Topics parents often discuss

Weekly and school-year schedules
Holidays, birthdays and summer
Transportation and exchanges
Communication between households
School and activity decisions
Health care decisions
Introducing new partners
Relocation considerations

The role of the family specialist

In the Family Resolution and Comprehensive packages, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist may participate where appropriate to support communication and co-parenting planning.

Therapy is not automatically part of mediation, and the LMFT is not the children's therapist unless separately engaged.

Parenting questions

This page is educational and is not legal advice. Mediation is voluntary and may not be appropriate for every family. Some matters may still require court filings, judicial approval or independent legal advice.

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