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Want to Co-Parent Effectively & Easily?

Already co-parenting with a disorganized or negligent parent?
 
Do you need to document co-parenting issues for the court?
 
Or do you just want to simplify life ?
 
Life before, during and even after divorce can be difficult. We have all heard stories about, or even experienced, co-parenting under complicated circumstances.  No one can argue that conflict between divorcing/divorced parents is bad for children and makes managing the children during the divorce process more difficult.  A centralized scheduling system which keeps a running record of adherence, as well as changes, to the parenting agreement can be essential to facilitating the divorce process.
 
Reduce conflict between you and your co-parent
by using scheduling & planning tools available
        through the OurFamilyWizard website®
                                      to:
 
1. Create a schedule for both parents to see at the same time.

2. Track expenses.
 
3. Communicate easily via the cloud from any device.
 
4. Utilize this central platform to track adherence to and document changes to parent plan agreements.
 
5.  Easily manage & maintain documents for the courts.
 
Since 2001, the OurFamilyWizard® website has been helping divorced and separated families communicate across the world manage and share important information within a secure and well-documented environment. OurFamilyWizard has tools specially designed to meet the needs of parents who are co-parenting in separate households.
 
There are five main sections to the website: Calendar,Message Board, Journal, Information Bank and Expense Log. These tools are also available via mobile apps for the iPhone®, Android®, KindleFire® and certain Blackberry ® models. This combination of powerful tools and accessibility makes the OurFamilyWizard® website unlike anything else on the marketplace.
 
Many parents will attempt to use phone conversations oremail to share information about their children after a separation, but when emotions begin to stir, these more traditional methods of communicating become grossly inadequate. Sometimes miscommunications,minor mistakes or oversights can lead to very stressful conversations or even heated arguments. Implementing theOurFamilyWizard® website can help to avoid these unpleasant situations.
 
Entries on OurFamilyWizard are protected and documented,unlike other resources such as Google Calendar. This helps in avoiding the “he said/she said” scenarios. Having a very thorough trail of communications that can be authenticated by a third party can help parents to avoid deceptions and misrepresented evidence.
 
The OurFamilyWizard® website has been proven to be so effective at reducing conflict and shielding children from adult conversations that courts in nearly every state in the U.S. and nearly all Canadian provinces have ordered families onto the site in contested cases. OurFamilyWizard is a win for both parents and the professionals who serve them. Family law professionals can work with their clients directly through the site. It does not replace the family law system,but rather, it gives it way to work more effectively. OurFamilyWizard gives professionals the ability to focus on “real” issues, not whose fault it was that the kids’ soccer cleats were forgotten. Families that find a way to communicate do not return to court as often.
 
It has been said that knowledge is power, and in co-parenting situations, nothing could be truer. Being able to easily and quickly get to important information - like whose weekend it is with the kids or what your child’s shoe size - is invaluable. End the constant “I didn’t know that” or “they never told me”; it was either on the site or not, and you either looked at it or did not. Giving both parents an efficient way to stay updated and accountable can reduce the level of animosity and increase the likelihood the child(ren) will be able to move forward. 

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