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  • PIERCE VS WILLIAMS Divorce document preview
  • PIERCE VS WILLIAMS Divorce document preview
  • PIERCE VS WILLIAMS Divorce document preview
  • PIERCE VS WILLIAMS Divorce document preview
  • PIERCE VS WILLIAMS Divorce document preview
  • PIERCE VS WILLIAMS Divorce document preview
  • PIERCE VS WILLIAMS Divorce document preview
  • PIERCE VS WILLIAMS Divorce document preview
						
                                

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA ROSEZENA JENNIFER PIERCE, : Plaintiff, 3 a CIVIL ACTION v. : FILE NO.: 21-A-08594-1 STANLEY WILLIAMS, Defendant. : CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER This is an agreement between ROSEZENA PIERCE (“Mother”) and STANLEY WILLIAMS (“Father”), the parents of: Janice Williams, a female Minor Child born in 2005, and Janiya Williams, a female Minor Child born in 2012 (hereinafter “Minor Children”). This is new plan consented to by both parents. By signing below, the parents recognize at a minimum, that: 1. Welfare of the Children, Each parent loves the Minor Children and desires that they should continue to enjoy and benefit from a close and nurturing relationship with both parents. Each parent shall encourage the Minor Children to develop a close and nurturing relationship with the other parent, and each parent shall refrain from conduct that undermines or may undermine a positive relationship between the Minor Children and the other parent. The parents shall not cause the Minor Children to act as an intermediary between them, nor shall either parent criticize the other in the presence of the Minor Children. Each parent shall communicate to the other all relevant information concerning the Minor Children’s physical or emotional health, education, and welfare. The parties shall communicate and confer, as required below, with issues regarding the Minor Children, via email. Each parent shall keep a valid email at all times.Each parent shall have equal access to complete, detailed information from any pediatrician, general physician, dentist, consultant, or specialist attending to the Minor Children, for any reason whatsoever, and shall be furnished with copies of any reports given by the latter or any of them to the other parent. Each parent may attend doctor’s appointments of the Minor Children if he or she so wishes. No party shall be required to attend doctor’s appointments where one parent is already accompanying the child or children at issue. Each parent shall have equal access to complete, detailed information from any teacher or school in which the Minor Children are enrolled and shall be furnished with copies of reports given by the teacher or school. Each parent shall be allowed to attend all the Minor Children’s educational and extracurricular activities to which the parents would be invited and/or encouraged to attend, regardless of which parent is exercising custody of the Minor Children at the time of the educational or extracurricular activity. B. Legal Custody. The parties agree that they shall share joint legal custody of the Minor Children as contemplated by Official Code of Georgia Section 19-9-6. The term “joint legal custody” contemplates joint decision-making by Mother and Father in all matters affecting the welfare of the Minor Children, including, but not limited to, choice of schools and education, medical and dental treatment, treatment and/or counseling for emotional and behavior problems, extracurricular activities, and religious training. The parents acknowledge that through good faith participation in a joint legal custody arrangement, they will best serve the interests of their Minor Children to develop into happy, educated, and moral adults capable of making a contribution to their family and society. The parents further acknowledge that the success of sharing legal custody requires that they, as parents, confer and agree on decisions affecting the Minor Children. In order to accomplish this, the parents shall attempt to make mutual decisions as to all matters contained in this paragraph affecting the Minor Children and maintain consistent roles in the Two (2) households, calculated to promote their best interests. Unless otherwise provided herein, in the event that the parties cannot agree after good- faith consultation in accordance with this section: Mother shall have final decision-making authority on decisions regarding the education, extracurricular, non-emergency health care and religion of the Minor Children. Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams Gwinnett County Superior Court CAFN: 21-A-08594-1 | CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER SAL Page 2 of 14 RJP| swThe parties agree that neither shall endeavor to stay within a 20 miles radius of their current residence in sharing joint physical custody. Each parent shall attend the church of their choice and engage in their own religious upbringing for the children. As to extra-curricular activities for the Minor Children, the parent that chooses the extra-curricular activity shall pay for the same. Lf the parties mutually agree to enroll the children in an activity, then they shall share the cost equally. The parties agree that they will take the children to the activities, including practices, even though that parent didn’t choose the activity and that practice or activity falls on the other parent’s parenting time, but the parents shall make a good faith effort to take into account work conflicts posed by the other parent’s typical work schedule. This Parenting Plan shall constitute a full and complete release and written authorization of both parents to any health care provider, hospital, psychologist, physician, school, teacher, educational institution, or any other similar entity providing any service for the Minor Children that such entity shall release any and all information and records concerning the Minor Children to either parent upon the request of either parent. Should said provider or other entity desire or demand any other release or form, each parent shall execute same promptly. 3. Physical Custody. Mother and Father shall share joint physical custody of the Minor Children. Each party shall have the right to have frequent and continuing contact with the Children at his or her residence or other place of their choosing. Each party shall be entitled to such reasonable and appropriate Parenting time as the parties may agree and is in the best interests of the Minor Children. When exercising parenting-time and scheduling activities for the Minor Children, each parent shall take into consideration the Minor Children’s social, academic, and extra-curricular schedules. Mother shall be the primary custodial parent of the Minor Child Janice Williams and Father shall be non-custodial parent; Father shall be the primary custodial parent of the Minor Child Janiya Williams and Mother shall be non-custodial parent. If, after a good faith discussion, the parties cannot agree, the following Parenting time schedule shall apply, taking into account the educational, extracurricular and social schedules of the Minor Children: Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams Gwinnett County Superior Court CAEN: 21-A-08594-1 r/ CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER Page 3 of 11 RJ swParenting Time/Visitation Schedules Definitions & Times for Weekend & Weekday Parenting For the purposes of this parenting plan, the following definitions and times apply: [X] Weekend: During the school year, a ‘weekend’ starts at immediately following release from school _ on: (select day) [ ] Thursday [X] Friday [ | Saturday [ ] Other and ends at when school resumes or at 8:00 a.m. if school is not in session _. This parenting schedule begins: [| : [ X ] date of Court Order ( ) During the term of this Parenting Plan, the Mother as the non-custodial parent shall have at a minimum the following rights of parenting time/visitation (choose applicable items): RJ [ | The first and third weekend of each month; { | The first, third, and fifth weekend of each month; [ ] The second and fourth weekend of each month; [X] Every weekend; _ [ X] Each Friday starting when school ends or 3:00 p.m. and ending when school resumes on Monday or 8:00 a.m. if school is not in session. [ ] and weekday parenting time/visitation on (choose an item): L ] None [ ] Every Wednesday Evening [ ] Each Wednesday during the week prior to a non-visitation weekend. { ] Every other evening when Father does not have the minor children for the upcoming weekend from the end of school or at 3:30 p.m. if school is not in session until the beginning of school or camp on Thursday morning, or by 9:00 a.m. on Thursday morning if school is not in session or the minor children are not in camp. [ ] Other: [ ] date of Court’s Order (day and time) [ ] Other: { ] Inthe event any parenting time set forth hereinabove is denied the Non-Primary Physical Custodial Parent (NPPCP) because of any unforeseen emergency or illness, the Primary Physical Custodial Parent (PPCP) shall promptly notify Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams Gwinnett County Superior Court CAFN: 21-A-08594-1 CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER 6 LA Page 4 of 11NPPCP and the parents shall, at that time, agree to an alternate time for make-up time with the children so as to insure that NPPCP’s total number of days with the children shall not be decreased. In the event the parents cannot agree at that time as to the appropriate make-up time, then the NPPCP’s default make-up time shall be the very next ‘non-holiday’ weekend/weekday thereafter. The Father shall have parenting time with Janice Williams, age 17, based on as schedule they mutually agree upon. Each parent unless they otherwise agree shall have both children in their care during the holiday schedule. B. Summer Vacation Schedule. “Summer Vacation” shall be defined as beginning the first Sunday following the Minor Child’s release from school at 6:00 p.m. and ending on the Sunday immediately prior to school resuming at 6:00 p.m. A “week” shall be defined as beginning on Friday at 6:00 p.m. and ending on the following Friday at 6:00 p.m. Each parent shall have the right to select Two (2) consecutive weeks for summer vacation. Other than the parent’s selected weeks, the Regular Parenting Schedule shall apply. Mother’s choice of weeks shall have priority in even-numbered years, and Father’s choice shall have priority in odd- numbered years. The parent having priority shall notify the other parent by April 1" of the current year, and the other parent shall then provide their selected weeks by May 1*. Failure to meet the deadlines shall not waive the parent’s Summer Vacation, but the parent failing to meet the deadline shall instead have time subject to the availability caused by the other’s parent’s selected weeks. iC. Other Holiday Schedule (if applicable) Indicate if the minor children will be with the parent in ODD or EVEN numbered years or indicate EVERY year. Father Mother Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday even odd Presidents’ Day odd even (0:00 aim, ul 6:00 pm. if school notin session) Easter Weekend even odd Memorial Day holiday weekend odd even Mother’s Day (from the time n/a every the children get out of school until Monday when school resumes) Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams Gwinnett County Superior Court CAFN: 21-A-08594-1 CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER KS Page 5 of 11 RJP-Father’s Day (from the time every n/a the children get out of school until Monday at 10:00 a.m.} Juneteenth holiday°"*" -!°%7™ odd even A” of July holiday(?*-19%9™ even odd Labor Day holiday weekend even odd Halloween evening odd even Release from schoo! until 8:00 p.m.) Children’s Birthday every every ‘(Release from schoo! until 8:00 p.m.) Father’s Birthday every wa (Release from schoo! until 8:00 p.m) Mother’s Birthday wa every (Release from school until 8:00 p.m.) D. Other extended periods of time during school, ete. (refer to the school schedule, if applicable) Start and end dates for holiday visitation {X] For the purposes of this parenting plan, the holiday will start and end as follows: [X] Holidays that fall on Friday include the following Saturday and Sunday. [X] Holidays that fall on Monday include the preceding Saturday and Sunda “ [ ] Other: Coordination of Parenting Schedules Check as applicable, if any: {X] The holiday parenting time schedule takes precedence over the regular parenting time schedule unless otherwise indicated below. {X] The summer parenting time schedule takes precedence over the regular parenting time and holiday parenting time/visitation schedule unless otherwise indicated below. In the event that extended summer parenting time conflicts with a holiday, then the provision for holiday parenting time Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams Gwinnett County Superior Court CAFN: 21-A-08594-1 CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER ChL Page 6 of 11 swshall supersede and take precedence over the extended summer parenting time. 5. Transportation. In the event that the parties cannot otherwise agree after good- faith consultation in accordance with this section, the meeting place for drop off of the Minor Children, to and from parenting time, shall be the residence of the Mother’s residence if the Father is pick up the children and from the Father’s residence if the Mother is picking up the children. 6. Relocation. If either parent decides to relocate his or her residence, the moving parent will give the other parent written notice of the intent to relocate no less than Thirty (30) days prior to any such relocation and shall furnish to him or her the complete new address and, as soon as determined, the new telephone number at the new residence. Said notification shall be in writing (e-mail or text message is acceptable). If either parent decides to relocate his or her residence outside of a twenty (20) mile radius of the parties’ current addresses, the moving parent will give the other parent written notice of the intent to relocate no less than Ninety (90) days prior to any such relocation and shall furnish to him or her the complete new address and, as soon as determined, the new telephone number at the new residence. Said notification shall be in writing (e-mail or text message is acceptable). qe Communication. Both parents shall have reasonable access to the Minor Children by telephone, Skype, Facetime, and/or e-mail for reasonable lengths of time, and at reasonable times of the day, during the time the Minor Children are in the physical custody of the other parent. However, neither parent shall utilize the privilege of contact with the Minor Children to harass or otherwise interfere with the other parent or with the other parent's time with the Minor Children, nor shall either parent interfere with reasonable communications between the Minor Children and the other parent. 8. Contact Information. Each party shall keep the other informed and up to date, in writing, of the numbers and addresses of their respective house phone, cellular phone, email, and any other means of communication. The parties agree that each party shall be responsible for providing complete contact information for the Minor Children when that party is exercising parenting time and/or custody with the Minor Children. This shall include, but not be limited to, Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams Gwinnett County Superior Court CAFN: 21-A-08594-1 CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER Si Page 7 of 11 SWtelephone numbers, cellular phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, and other necessary and reasonable means of communication. Each parent shall keep the other parent informed of the Minor Children’s whereabouts and contact number, address, and information regarding overnight guests, where the Minor Children spend an overnight period outside of the residence of the parent exercising parenting time. 9. No Interference. Parenting time shall not interfere with the health (physical or emotional), education, or welfare of the Minor Children. No parenting time shall be unreasonably withheld. 10. Notification of Healthcare Issues: Emergency Decisions. Each party shall promptly notify the other of illness, accident, or other serious matters affecting the Minor Children and shall endeavor to make a joint decision in order to further their best interests. The parties recognize and agree that the parent with physical custody will make day-to-day decisions and emergency decisions while the Minor Children are residing with such parent. If a decision must be made in an emergency, the party who has physical custody of the Minor Children at the time may make the decision after first trying to reach and consult with the other party. Thereafter, the party making the decision shall continue to attempt to notify the other party and shall do so until the other party is contacted. If cither of the parties has knowledge of any serious illness, injury, accident, or other matter seriously affecting the well-being of the Minor Children, he or she shall promptly notify the other by the most expeditious means possible and, except in emergencies, shall not take any serious action regarding the Minor Children without consulting the other. 11. Non-Disparagement. The parties shall exert every reasonable effort to maintain free access and unhampered contact between the Minor Children and each of the parties and to foster a feeling of affection and respect between the Minor Children and the other party. Neither parent will use the Minor Children as a means of communicating with the other parent. 12. Travel Within the United States. but Outside of Georgia. In the event either parent would like to travel within the United States with the Minor Children outside the State of Georgia, he or she shall notify the other party at least Fourteen (14) days prior to the date of departure. The party traveling with the Minor Children will provide a travel itinerary including, but not limited to, travel schedule, destination, lodging accommodations, and cellphone number Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams Gwinnett County Superior Court CAFN: 21-A-08594-1 CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER SLi Page 8 of 11 Rul swwhere the Minor Children may be reached. 13. Travel outside the United States & Passports for Children, In the event either parent would like to travel outside the United States with the Minor Children, he or she shall notify the other party with this information at least Thirty (30) days prior to the date of departure. The party traveling with the Minor Children will provide a travel itinerary including. but not limited to, travel schedule, destinations, flight information including departure times, arrival times, airline and flight numbers, names of travel companions; lodging accommodations including addresses for same, and phone numbers. Neither parent shall unreasonably withhold any signatures or other notarized authorization needed in order to allow the Minor Children to travel outside of the United States, including any such cooperation for the obtaining of or renewal of the Minor Children’s passports. Mother shall hold the Minor Children’s passports during those times when the Minor Children are not traveling. All conditions of this Parenting Plan shall remain in full force in effect, even while on vacation. In the event that a parent requests documentation for travel outside the United States, the providing party shall execute any and all necessary documents and deliver to the requesting parent within Ten (10) days of the request. The parties agree that the Mother shall obtain the passports for the minor children including obtaining the forms and documents necessary to obtain the passports. The Mother shall bear the cost associated with obtaining the passports. Upon receipt of the passports for the children, they shall be held by the Mother. When the Father needs to utilize the passports, he shall notify the Mother and they shall be submitted to the Father at least 2 weeks prior to when the Father has to travel. The passports shall be returned to the Mother when the children return from their travel outside the United States with the Father. The Father agrees to sign all documents necessary to obtain the initial passports and any documents for the renewal of the passports every five (5) years. 15. Modification of Parenting Plan. Over time, as the Minor Children’s and family’s circumstances/needs change, the parents may by mutual agreement vary the parenting schedule. Such altered agreements shall not be a binding Court Order. However, custody of the Minor Children shall only be modified by Court Order. Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams Gwinnett County Superior Court CAFN: 21-A-08594-1 CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER Page 9 of 11 R SWParents’ Consent We recognize that this Parenting Plan does not, and cannot fully detail each contingency, right or responsibility, and that it is incumbent upon the Parents to work flexibly and cooperatively to encourage strong, healthy relationships between the Minor Children and both Parents, as continuity in the Minor/Childien’s lives is in the Minor Children’s best interests. ( Mother’s Initials: Father’s Initials: ) WW We recognize that a close and continuing Parent-Child relationship for both Mother and Father, as well as continuity in the Minor Children’s lives, is in the Minor Children’s best interests. Mother’s Initials} Father’s Initials: 5S Ar We recognize that our Minor Children’s needs will change and grow as they mature. We shall continue to make good-faith efforts to take these changing needs into account so that the need for future modifications to this P) ing Plan is minimized. Mother’s Initials: Father’ s Initials: We recognize that the Parent with physical custody will make the day-to-day decisions and emergency decisions while tHe ildren reside with that parent. Father's Initials: &: Mother’s Initials: We knowingly and voluntarily agree on the terms of this Parenting Plan. Each of us affirms that the information we have provided in this Parenting Plan is true, correct and designed Father’s Initials: 5 if to suit the best interests of our Mirio; Mother’s Initials: en. I have read. understand and agree to each of the provisions of this Parenting Plan, and hereby consent that this plan, executed, be enforceable upon my signature, and be incorporated Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams ‘ Gwinnett County Superior Court CAFN: 21-A-08594-1 f CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER SW Page 10 of 14 RJ swby the Court into the Final Judgment and Decree of Divorce, this day of 2022. Agreed and consented to by: ed and consented to b OSEZEN JENNIFER PIERCE, Plaintiff Sworn and subscribed Sworn and subscribed before me, this_ 5 before me, this day of __ Max , 2022. MEGAN T MORALES . Notary Public - State of Georgia Barrow County 4 My Commission Expires Mar 2A, 202 MEGAN T MORALES Notary Public - State of Georgia Barrow County My Commission Expires Mar 24, 2024 ORDER The Court has reviewed the foregoing CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER and finding that same comports with Georgia law and the best interests of the Minor Children, it is hereby made the order of this Court. Each party is ORDERED and directed to comply with the terms and provisions set forth herein. SO ORDERED, this day of 52022, Judge George F. Hutchinson, TT Superior Court of Gwinnett County Rosezena Pierce v. Stanley Williams Gwinnett County Superior Court CAFN: 21-A-08594-1 Xi CONSENT PERMANENT PARENTING PLAN ORDER S Page 11 of 11 RUP