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Co-parenting and Parenting Plans in a Tough Environment: Giving Guidance When its in Short Supply Wednesday, April 1, 2020 2:30pm ET Judge Gerri Wong Annette T. Burns Ontario Court of Justice Certified Family Law Canada Attorney

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Judge Gerri Wong Ontario Court of Justice Canada Annette T. Burns Certified Family Law Attorney

Co-parenting and Parenting Plans in a Tough Environment: Giving Guidance When it’s in Short Supply

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 2:30pm ET

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Shelter in Place Orders

Does your state have Orders specifically referencing:
1. Parenting orders remain in effect; and
2. Local travel in order to comply with custody orders is

permitted?

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Emergency Orders?

When to request
Are courts available?
What is truly an “emergency”: “COVID-19 is Not Automatic

Suspension of Parenting Time Nor Results in Urgent Hearing”

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Ribeiro v. Wright, Ontario 3/24/2020

Triage judge for emergency consideration “. . . .[t]here is a presumption that all orders should be respected and complied with. More to the point, there is a presumption that the existing order reflects a determination that meaningful personal contact with both parents is in the best interests of the child.”

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Requests to change parenting time orders based on:

No school/ no childcare
Health Care Worker Parents/ First-hand Exposure: Is the other parent’s legitimate

concern about a parent’s exposure enough to change parenting time?

What if a parent just returned from a country or location

experiencing a very high outbreak?

At risk children/ At-Risk Parents: limited parenting time due to medications; asthma/

respiratory illness

Grandparents, others in home

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Considerations for appropriate advice for parents/ clients

Oregon Statewide Family Law Advisory Council acted quickly to affirm that parenting orders should be followed.

“COVID-19 is not a reason to deny parenting time.”
Addressing with parents the need to exchange information, even if they’re in a

parallel parenting model and have been previously instructed that they don’t have to share day today items and info.

Referral to in-person, telephone, or Zoom mediation for disputes

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Resources

Oregon Statewide Family Law Advisory Council: https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/child-custody-

arrangements-amid-coronavirus-statewide-family-law-panel-issues-guidance.html?fbclid=IwAR1PRp4R- i9lmtjHo203AGPGPrSrINTjJ0OwWmYAHeP5Is4TkNwt5MJpW24

AFCC COVID resource page: https://www.afccnet.org/Coronavirus
Texas Standing Order re parenting time: https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1446106/209043.pdf
Kentucky Standing Order: https://kycourts.gov/courts/supreme/Rules_Procedures/202014.pdf
Ontario case Ribeiro:

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2020/2020canlii23204/2020canlii23204.html?autocompleteStr=Ribeiro%20v.% 20Wright&autocompletePos=1

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Thank You For Attending

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