Schedule of items in relation to the exercise of parental responsibility, identifying those items which require mutual consultation and those which could be exercised unilaterally. A copy of this useful document was attached as a footnote to the judgment A v A [2004] EWHC 142 (FAM).
Decisions that could be taken independently and without any consultation or notification to the other parent.
* How the children are to spend their time during contact
* Personal care for the children
* Activities undertaken
* Religious and spiritual pursuits
* Continuance of medicine treatment prescribed by GP
Decisions where one parent would always need to inform the other parent of the decision, but did not need to consult or take the other parent's views into account.
o Medical Treatment in an emergency
o Booking holidays or to take the children abroad in contact time
o Planned visits to the GP and the reasons for this
Decisions that you would need to both inform and consult the other parent prior to making the decision.
* Schools the children are to attend, including admissions applications.
* Contact rotas in school holidays
* Planned medical and dental treatment
* Stopping medication prescribed for the children
* Attendance at school functions so they can be planned to avoid meetings wherever possible
* Age that children should be able to watch videos. ie videos recommended for children over 12 and 18.
