Nesting Agreements are a Unique Custody Solution

Leaving your home is hard. It can be harder for your child to move from house to house every few days. Traditional custody agreements require you or your child to pack clothing every day; ensure schoolwork, sports equipment, and instruments are where they need to be; and plan pick up and drop offs at different locations. From a parent’s standpoint, parents will need to furnish two houses, two wardrobes, and many other duplicates. It also requires careful and advance planning to ensure children Nesting arrangements can provide a sense of constancy and predictability to a child who is struggling with a divorce. Nesting agreements are a unique way to keep your child in their home at all times.

What is a Nesting Agreement?

A nesting agreement is when the child remains in the apartment or home and the parents rotate time in the home. This can be temporary or permanent. A temporary situation occurs where the house is for sale and the children remain in the home, with each parent moving in and out as scheduled until it is sold. Some nesting agreements have the parents switching out on a weekly basis, others daily.

The concept of a nesting agreement, or bird nesting agreement, is to give a child a stable home.

When are Nesting Agreements Appropriate?

Nesting agreements are only appropriate where the parties have joint residential custody, are on largely amicable terms, and have the financial resources to afford such an arrangement. It also works best when the parents live near each other.

How to Enforce a Nesting Agreement?

A nesting agreement can placed in a pendente lite order, stipulation of settlement, or custody order. Once the order is entered, it becomes enforceable and the parents must follow it.