This article discusses the development of the concept of parenting plans and the different approaches to providing materials that can help parents and professionals to make individualized, future-oriented plans for children post-separation. More than a quarter century after American states began to enact laws to encourage the use of parenting plans, Canada amended its legislation to abandon the proprietary concepts of “custody” and “access,” and encourage the use of parenting plans rather than “custody orders”. To support the making and use of individualized, child-focused parenting plans, the Ontario Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC-O) prepared its Parenting Plan Guide and Parenting Plan Template. These web-based materials are available without charge to parents and their professional advisors. The Guide discusses the value of parental co-operation and planning, while recognizing that in cases where there are serious issues of abuse, violence or parental mental health, a protective judicial role and court orders may be needed. The Guide offers advice on the making of developmentally-appropriate parenting plans, and the Template provides possible alternatives for the wording of specific clauses. While the available parenting plan materials from different jurisdictions have broadly similar content, there is value in having family justice organizations, including chapters of the AFCC, develop their own materials, that are consistent with the laws, justice processes and resources of their jurisdiction. The Ontario experience suggests that judges, lawyers and parents may be more likely to use jurisdictionally-specific materials rather than more generic resources.

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AFCC-安大略省育儿计划指南和模板：针对家庭司法专业人员和家长的特定司法管辖区资源

本文讨论了育儿计划概念的发展以及提供材料的不同方法，这些方法可以帮助父母和专业人士为分居后的儿童制定个性化、面向未来的计划。在美国各州开始颁布鼓励使用育儿计划的法律超过四分之一世纪后，加拿大修改了其立法，放弃了“监护”和“访问”的专有概念，并鼓励使用育儿计划而不是“监护令” ”。为了支持制定和使用以儿童为中心的个性化养育计划，家庭和调解法院协会 (AFCC-O) 安大略分会准备了其养育计划指南和养育计划模板. 这些基于网络的材料可免费提供给家长及其专业顾问。该指南讨论了父母合作和计划的价值，同时认识到在存在严重虐待、暴力或父母心理健康问题的情况下，可能需要保护性司法角色和法院命令。该指南上的发育，合适的养育计划的决策提供建议和模板为特定条款的措辞提供可能的替代方案。虽然来自不同司法管辖区的可用育儿计划材料具有大致相似的内容，但让家庭司法组织（包括 AFCC 分会）开发自己的材料，使其符合其司法管辖区的法律、司法程序和资源是有价值的。安大略省的经验表明，法官、律师和家长可能更有可能使用特定司法管辖区的材料，而不是更通用的资源。