City, State, Zip 

 
Name 

 
Address 

 
Phone 

 
Email 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Check your email. You will receive information and 
documents at this email address.  

I am   [  ]  Petitioner 

[  ]  Petitioner’s Attorney 
[  ]  Petitioner’s Licensed Paralegal Practitioner 
[  ]  Respondent’s Licensed Paralegal Practitioner   

(Utah Bar #:__________) 

(Utah Bar #:__________) 

[  ]  Respondent 
[  ]  Respondent’s Attorney 

In the District Court of Utah 

__________ Judicial District ________________ County 

Court Address ______________________________________________________ 

In the Matter of (select one) 
 

[  ]  the Marriage of (for a divorce with or without 
children, annulment, separate maintenance, or 
temporary separation case) 

[  ]  the Children of (to establish custody, parent-

time or child support) 

[  ]  the Parentage of the Children of (for a 

paternity case) 

Military Parenting Plan 
(Utah Code 30-3-10.9(10), 78B-20-101 et seq.) 

_______________________________ 
Case Number 

_______________________________ 
Judge 

____________________________________ 
(name of Petitioner) 

_______________________________ 
Commissioner 

and  

 

____________________________________ 
(name of Respondent) 
____________________________________________ 
Other parties (if any) 

If this Military Parenting Plan is agreed to by both parties or approved by the court in a divorce or 
parentage case, the parties can use it to request temporary orders if one or both parents are deployed. 

This Military Parenting Plan is (Choose all that apply.):  

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[  ]  proposed by:      

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[  ] petitioner     [  ] respondent. 

[  ]  agreed to by petitioner and respondent. 

This Military Parenting Plan is being filed in addition to the standard Parenting Plan 
because the following parties are servicemembers: (Choose all that apply.) 

[  ] petitioner      

[  ] respondent. 

Notice of deployment 

1. 

 

After receiving notice of deployment, a deploying parent will give written notice to 
the other parent within 7 days or as soon as reasonably possible.  

If the non-deploying parent has a protective order against the deploying parent, 
the deploying parent will give written notice of deployment to the court.  

The written notice of deployment should include the destination, duration, and 
conditions. 

2. 

Caretaking authority during deployment (Choose one.) 

[  ]    Only one party is a servicemember. While they are deployed, caretaking 

authority of the parties’ children is given to (Choose all that apply.):  

[  ]  the parent who is not deployed. 

[  ]  the deployed parent will keep some caretaking authority. 

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

[  ]   Both parties are servicemembers.  

If petitioner is deployed, caretaking authority of the parties’ children is given 
to (Choose all that apply.):  

[  ]  the parent who is not deployed. 

[  ]  the deployed parent will keep some caretaking authority. 

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

If respondent is deployed, caretaking authority of the parties’ children is 
given to (Choose all that apply.):  

[  ]  the parent who is not deployed. 

[  ]  the deployed parent will keep some caretaking authority. 

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

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If both parties are deployed, caretaking authority of the parties’ children is 
given to (Choose all that apply.):  

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

Decision-making authority 

. 

  3

The people given caretaking authority above will have decision-making authority 
to: 

•  Make day-to-day decisions for the children during the time they are caring 

for the children.  

•  Make emergency decisions affecting the health or safety of the children. A 

parent who makes an emergency decision must share the decision with the 
other people who have caretaking authority as soon as reasonably possible. 

(Choose one.) 

[  ]    Joint decision-making.  

The people given caretaking authority above will share responsibility for 
making major decisions about the children. If there is a disagreement, the 
people given caretaking authority will resolve the dispute as provided in the 
resolving disputes section below. 

Other details about joint decision-making: 

[  ]    Specified decision-making.      

The following people given caretaking authority will make decisions about: 

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

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Education 

ealth care 

 

  H

 

Religious upbringing 

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

xtracurricular activities 

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

[  ]  __________________________________________________ (Name.)   

    E

  T

  O

 

ravel 

ther: 

4. 

Visitation for nonparents 

The nonparents listed below will have visitation with the children as follows: 

Full name of person 

Schedule 

 

 

 

 

5. 

Resolving disputes 

If the people given caretaking authority need to resolve a dispute about the 
children, they will discuss the issues in good faith and try to reach an agreement 
based on what is best for the children. 

If the people given caretaking authority are unable to agree, they will participate 
in the following before bringing the issue to the court (Choose all that apply.): 

[  ]  mediation 

[  ] 

[  ] 

arbitration 

counseling 

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6. 

Contact with the deployed parent 

There will be contact with the children and the deployed parent.   

___________________________________________________________ (Name) 
will arrange for the contact. Contact will be as follows: 

Frequency 
(For example, daily, weekly) 

Duration 
(For example, 20 minutes, 1 hour) 

Method 
(For example, email, Skype) 

 

 

 

7. 

Contact when deployed parent is on leave or is otherwise available 

When the deployed parent is on leave or is otherwise available, contact with the 
children will be as follows: 

8. 

Child support not modified 

Child support obligations cannot be modified by the Military Parenting Plan. 
Changing child support requires a court order. 

9. 

[  ]  Other terms that are important to us or our children 

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(Describe) 

[  ] 

Other agreements about resolving disputes: 

10.  A person granted caretaking authority in paragraph 2 must notify the following 

people of any change in mailing or residential address: 

• 

the deploying parent, 

•  anyone with physical or legal custody,  

•  anyone who has parent-time, right to access, visitation, and  

•  anyone with authority to grant limited contact with the children. 

However, if a person granted caretaking authority in paragraph 2 has a court 
order protecting their address, they must give written notice of any change in 
mailing or residential  address to the court. 

11. 

The arrangements made in this Military Parenting Plan terminate: 

immediately upon return. 

[  ] 

[  ] 

other: ______________________________________________________ 

If no option is selected, the arrangements in this Military Parenting Plan terminate 
30 days after the deploying parent gives notice of the return from deployment. 

etitioner  

I declare under criminal penalty under the law of Utah that everything stated in this document is true. 

Signed at ______________________________________________________ (city, and state or country). 

ttorney or Licensed Paralegal Practitioner of record (if applicable) 

Signature ► 

Printed Name 

Signature ► 

Printed Name 

 

 

 

 

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  A

 

 
Date 

 
Date 

I declare under criminal penalty under the law of Utah that everything stated in this document is true. 

Signed at ______________________________________________________ (city, and state or country). 

Attorney or Licensed Paralegal Practitioner of record (if applicable) 

Signature ► 

Printed Name 

Signature ► 

Printed Name 

 

 

 

 

espondent  

  R

 
Date 

 
Date 

 

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I certify that I filed with the court and am serving a copy of this Military Parenting Plan on the following 
people. 

Certificate of Service 

Person’s Name 

Service Method 

Service Address 

Service 
Date 

[  ]  Mail 
[  ]  Hand Delivery 
[  ]  E-filed 
[  ]  Email 
[  ]  Left at business (With person in charge 

or in receptacle for deliveries.) 

[  ]  Left at home (With person of suitable 

age and discretion residing there.) 

[  ]  Mail 
[  ]  Hand Delivery 
[  ]  E-filed 
[  ]  Email 
[  ]  Left at business (With person in charge 

or in receptacle for deliveries.) 

[  ]  Left at home (With person of suitable 

age and discretion residing there.) 

[  ]  Mail 
[  ]  Hand Delivery 
[  ]  E-filed 
[  ]  Email  
[  ]  Left at business (With person in charge 

or in receptacle for deliveries.) 

[  ]  Left at home (With person of suitable 

age and discretion residing there.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Date 

Signature ► 

Printed Name 

 

 

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