Child schedule after divorce

A child schedule after divorce or separation is the parents' agreements about who the child lives with on weekdays and weekends, when handovers happen, who takes them to school and activities, and how holidays and breaks are shared. The clearer and more predictable the routine, the calmer it is for both the parents and the child.

• staying days with each parent, by weeks or by days;
• handover times and locations;
• the visitation schedule: visits, calls, trips;
• school, clubs, doctors and other regular events;
• holidays, birthdays and school breaks;
• a procedure for changing individual days when plans shift.

The schedule is built around the child's interests: age, school, activities, their usual rhythm and the distance between the parents' homes. If the visitation arrangement is set by a court or an agreement, an everyday schedule helps follow it. It helps to agree in advance about recurring situations — illnesses, business trips, holidays — so you don't have to discuss everything from scratch each time.

It is important to record agreements in writing and in one place: verbal agreements and messenger chats fade with time and become a source of disputes.

When plans change, a parent sends a proposal to swap specific days. The other parent accepts it, declines it or offers a counter-option. A change counts as agreed only after confirmation — so both always have the same version of the schedule, and the history of agreements is preserved.

SGL is an app for parents who live apart. The shared calendar shows where the child is today, tomorrow and on any chosen day; changes are made as proposals with confirmation; discussions are tied to specific events; expenses and the history of agreements are recorded, and the calendar can be exported to a document. The service is being prepared for launch on iOS, Android and the web — leave a request to be among the first to know.

You can ask questions about the service at hello@getsgl.com.