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What are the legal implication of an informal agreement signed by my spouse, our respective counselor, and I about custody, child support, visitation?
Asked on Jan 26th, 2018 on Child Custody - California
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The 4 of us (spouse, me, our counselors) are meeting tomorrow to finalize the end of our informal separation but I haven't gotten a divorce attorney involved yet. When we started the separation, the 4 of us met and drew up an agreement. I am thinking of doing the same tomorrow for starting the divorce and having everyone sign it. My plan is to cover custody (22 month old daughter lives with me full time), visitation (he visits Wed evening and either Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon, decided on a weekly basis) and child support ($1000 per month which includes tuition for school but he already paid $7000 previously so it'd be $400 a month until June when school ends). Is that legally binding in the court? Are there any other key things I need to include in the agreement? At this point, my main concern is to make sure everything related to my girl is covered ...
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You seem to be very cooperative with the other parent, keep it up. I think you have covered all the basics. Feel free to add anything else you feel would be important. What do you mean by respective counsellor? Is this a mediator or a counsellor at law or what? This agreement will be considered legally binding and would hold some weight in court depending on who is representing you or the other party.
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Answered on Jan 26th, 2018 at 7:17 PM