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A parenting plan must cover one or more of the following:

• Who the child lives with
• The time the child spends with each parent and with other people (for example grandparents)
• How the parents share parental responsibility for the child
• The communication the child will have with the parent or other people that they do not live with
• The maintenance of the child
• The process to be used to change or resolve disputes about the parenting plan
• Any other aspect of the care, welfare or development of the child or parenting responsibility for the child.

A parenting plan is not a legally enforceable contract. It is not like a parenting order, which is made by a court. While a parenting plan is not enforceable, a court will take into consideration the terms of a parenting plan when considering the best interests of a child.

If a court has already made a parenting order, the parents can agree to change the terms of that order by making a parenting plan.