Modifying Parenting Plans & Custody in Tampa

At Reineke Mediations, we believe that mediation offers the best results even in volatile conflicts over timesharing, shared parenting, and child custody. By sitting down with the other parent to discuss concerns, you may find the common ground to work out a solution that benefits you and your children. Attorney Reineke uses more than 30 years of legal knowledge and insights to offer suggestions and keep the focus on practical considerations and the best interests of your children.

She has mediated every type of custody modification, including:

• Petitions for sole custody
• Increased time sharing (visitation)
• Custody modification due to relocation
• Major parenting plan changes (overnights, holidays, summer vacation)
• Altering the day-to-day time-sharing schedule
• Child support modifications

Even if one party has petitioned the court for a hearing, it may be possible—and preferable—to resolve the conflicts regarding your children out of court through mediation or parent coordination. Beth Reineke can help parents slow things down to explore options and understand long-term consequences. Once an agreement is reached, she can rewrite the parenting plan and prepare the necessary court documents for approval by the court.

Mediator for Post-Judgment Custody Modifications

When circumstances drastically change in a parent’s life, the current timesharing (visitation) arrangements may need to be modified. 

Examples of such changes may include:

• A child’s needs or situation changes.
• A parent decides or is forced to move far away or even out of state.
• A parent is convicted of a crime.
• A parent loses their job, gains new employment, or receives a promotion.
• A parent remarries or begins to live with another partner.
• A parent’s physical or mental state has deteriorated, such as by drug or alcohol abuse.
• One parent is significantly interfering with a child’s relationship with the other parent.

When determining child custody or timesharing in Florida so much is on the line, such cases are understandably fraught with emotions. However, custody litigation squanders precious resources and often makes matters worse due to its confrontational nature. 

If you and your former partner are unable to mutually agree on custody, shared parenting, or visitation, you may have to attend a custody hearing before a judge. The judge will then decide the custody, shared parenting, and timesharing (visitation) arrangements on your behalf based on your child’s best interests.

Mediation gives you a say in the outcome and preserves a healthy relationship between co-parents. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to our firm to discuss your options during a free consultation with our attorney/mediator.

Call Now to Learn More About Litigation Alternatives During a Free Consultation

Our parenting plan and custody modification lawyer in Tampa regularly mediates custody disputes for parents from Temple Terrace, Brandon, Wesley Chapel, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and throughout the Tampa Bay Area. We invite you to contact us to discuss your case during a free consultation so we can help you determine whether determining custody and parenting plan matters outside of court is right for you and your family. 

Contact us online or call (813) 336-5012 for a free phone consultation with Tampa parenting plan and custody modification mediator, Attorney Beth Reineke.