12.995: Write What a Judge Can Sign
12.995(a) and 12.995(b) are Florida's parenting plan forms: the place where timesharing, decision-making, and daily logistics stop being arguments and become paragraphs. This page is about plan design, not the modification caption. If you already have a final plan and need to change it, start with the modification lane: 12.905 modify parenting plan / timesharing.
Timesharing grid
Weekly pattern, overnights, summer blocks, school-year transitions.
Authority & health
Education, medical, activities: who decides, what happens on tie votes.
Logistics & contact
Exchanges, travel notice, holidays, electronic contact with limits.
Weak plan lines
- "Flexible schedule as parents agree"
- Holidays "to be coordinated later"
- No late pickup or makeup rule
Workable plan lines
- Start/end times with time zones if needed
- Odd/even holiday rotation plus school break split
- Written travel notice days and passport custody rule
Related guides
More Florida forms
State guides (overview)
General support (not Florida-specific)
Official source
Florida Courts (12.995(a) and (b)): https://www.flcourts.gov/Resources-Services/Court-Improvement/Family-Courts/Family-Law-Forms/Parenting-Plan-12.995-a-and-b
12.995 questions
What is 12.995 trying to lock down?
The practical rules for timesharing, parental responsibility and decision-making, communication, and logistics. It is the document a court can sign as written. Mushy language turns into the next modification or enforcement fight.
Where do Florida plans fail first?
Holiday rotation without tie-breakers, silent transportation rules, "reasonable electronic contact" without windows, and decision-making paragraphs that punt every conflict to "mutual agreement."
When do I leave 12.995 and look at 12.905?
When a signed plan or order already exists and you need a modification petition to change it. 12.995 is plan substance; 12.905 is often the modification vehicle.
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Last reviewed: 2026-06-03