Document for PAYNE VS TAYLOR

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                                IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA
LAUREN ASHLEY PAYNE, :
Plaintiff, :
vs. : Civil Action Case No.: 21-A-08580-9
CHAD BLLIS TAYLOR, :
Defendant.
PARENTING PLAN

[X] This plan has been consented to by the parties concerning Plaintiff Lauren Ashley Payne
(hereinafter “Plaintiff or “Mother”) and Defendant Chad Ellis Taylor (hereinafter
“Defendant” or “Father”).

[X] | This Plan is a new plan concerning the following minor children:

Child’s Name Year of Birth

Colton Ellis Taylor 2010

Cache Elliott Taylor

I,_ Custody and Decision Making:
A. Legal Custody shall be: [ ] with the Mother [ ] with the Father [X] Joint

B. Primary Physical Custodian for the children named below shall be:

Colton Ellis Taylor | YOB: 2010 | [X] Mother [ JFather [ ] Joint |
Cache Eliott Taylor | YOR: 2017 | [X|Mother | [ JFather | [ ] Joint |

C. Day-To-Day Decisions: Each parent shall make decisions regarding the day-to-day care of a
children while the children are residing with, or in the physical custody of, that parent, including
any emergency decisions affecting the health or safety of a child.

D. Major Decisions: Major decisions regarding the children shall be made as follows:

Educational Decisions [X] Mother | Father | [ ] Joint

Non-Emergency Healthcare [X] Mother { ] Father [ ] JointReligious upbringing | [X] Mother { ] Father | { ] Joint
Extra-curricular Activities | [X] Mother [ ] Father | [ ] Joint

E. Disagreements: In the event of a disagreement, after a discussion in good faith between the
parties attempting to resolve the disagreement, the primary physical custodian shall have tie-
breaking authority for major decisions.

renting Time/ Visit: e le
A. Parenting Time/Visitation
Mother and Father shall work together to schedule visitation with Father and minor children.

B. Contacting the children: When the children are in the physical custody of one parent, the
other parent will have the right to contact the children by (X | telephone, [X] FaceTime or [X]
text. On Wednesday at 7:30PM, the parent that has custody of the children shall make them
available for a 15 minute FaceTime call with the parent who is not exercising visitation. The
purpose of this provision is to maintain reasonable contact with the children and shail not be used
to harass, annoy, interfere or unreasonably pry into the personal life of the other parent. Each
parent shall maintain a working telephone. Neither parent shall monitor any contact between any
child and the other parent.

C, General Provisions:

[x] The non-custodial parent must provide the custodial parent written notice seven (7) days
in advance of any parenting time which he is unable to exercise.

[x] Neither parent shall disparage the other parent in the presence of the minor children.

[x] Neither parent shall place the children in the position of relaying messages or
communications between the parents. The parents shall communicate between
themselves and not through the children. Both parents acknowledge and agree that having
the children act as the messenger between them is unfairly and unnecessarily stressful to
the children.

{x} Each of the parties shall cooperate with the other in all matters relevant to the custody
rights herein and in all other matters related to the children so as to promote a harmonious
policy of cooperation calculated to best serve the interests of the children,

[x] Neither party shall excessively consume alcohol or use recreational drags in any form or
manner either prior to or during any visitation period with the children.

TIL. Access to Records and Information/Rights of the Parents:
Absent agreement to limitations or court ordered limitations, pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 19-9-1 (b)
(1) (D), both parents are entitled to access to all of the children’s records and information,including, but not limited to, education, health, extracurricular activities, and religious
communications. Designation as a non-custodial parent does not affect a parent’s right to equal
access to these records.

TV. Modification of Plan or Disagreements:
Parties may, by mutual agreement, vary the parenting time; however, such agreement shall not be
a binding court order. Custody shall only be modified by court order.

Should the parents disagree about this parenting plan or wish to modify it, they must make a
good faith effort to resolve the issue between them.

V. Parents’ Consent Please review the following and initial:

1. ‘We recognize that a close and continuing parent-child relationship and continuity in each
child’s life is in the child’s best interest.

Mother’s Initials: tf t i i Father’s Initials: CN

2. We recognize that our children’s needs will change and grow as the children mature(s);

we have made a good faith effort to take these changing needs into account so that the

need for future modifications to the parenting plan are minimized.
Mother's Initials: at Father’s Initials: Y

3. We recognize that the parent with physical custody will make the day-to-day decisions
and emergency decisions while the children are residing with such parent,

Mother’s Initials: la. Father’s Initials: C <

‘We knowingly and voluntarily agree on the terms of this Parenting Plan. Each of us affirms
that the information we have provided in this Plan is true and correct.

heck PfORDER
The Court has reviewed the foregoing Parenting Plan, and 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.

$0 ORDERED, this) [4% day of tie 202.7

By Consent:

CHAD ELLIS TAYLOR Lf

Defendant