Who gets the kids on weekends? What about holidays? What happens when someone needs to swap?
Whether you're just separating, preparing for mediation, or trying to get on the same page with your co-parent — it helps to have it all written down.
Free. Takes about 5 minutes.
Custody schedules sound simple until you actually try to make one. Then it's:
And that's before you even get to expenses, medical decisions, and everything else.
No wonder it feels overwhelming.
You can find custody schedule templates online. But they're either too generic to be useful, or so complicated they make things worse.
What you actually need is a way to think through the decisions — your schedule, your holidays, your situation — and end up with something clear you can both reference.
That's what the Parenting Plan Builder does.
The Parenting Plan Builder walks you through the key decisions:
At the end, you get a clear summary you can share with your co-parent, attorney, or mediator.
No account required. No email required. Just answers.
Start building your planYou don't need a lawyer to start. You just need clarity.
Think of it as a first draft. Something to react to, refine, and agree on.
Once you have the basics sorted, the real challenge is day-to-day coordination — the swap requests, the unexpected expenses, the conversations about the kids.
That's what Clearly is built for. A co-parenting app that gives your conversations structure, so you're not renegotiating everything over text.
Not ready for that yet? That's fine. Start with the plan.
Clearly is a co-parenting app built for what comes after the plan:
Your custody schedule, always visible to both parents
Conversations that actually resolve, then close
Log costs, split them fairly, settle up
Ask, approve, done — no more back-and-forth
It's currently in early access. If getting organized feels good, Clearly helps you stay that way.
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