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FL Divorce 243, Washington’s Residential Time Summary Report, is submitted with the final Parenting Plan only. It summarizes that plan’s residential schedule, limitations findings and dispute-resolution provisions. Use a separate report for each child with a different schedule. Keep records of actual care separately; they may help resolve a factual dispute but do not replace the plan information requested by this form.
Use the current Washington Courts FL Divorce 243 and the final Parenting Plan together.
| Question | Why It Matters | Common Miss |
|---|---|---|
| What schedule does the Parenting Plan provide? | The report asks for residential time from the final plan. | Substituting actual past overnights for the ordered schedule. |
| Do the children have different schedules? | The form calls for a separate report for each different schedule. | Combining different schedules into one answer. |
| What limitations did the court find? | The form asks about findings in the Parenting Plan's Attachment A. | Treating allegations as court findings. |
| What dispute-resolution process does the plan require? | The report summarizes the plan's provisions. | Answering from informal practice instead of the final plan. |
Keep one calendar of actual care for the period in dispute, with a source for each entry where available. Mark estimates and gaps. This working record serves a different purpose from the schedule summarized on FL Divorce 243.
Save exchange messages, travel details and dated notes explaining deviations from the planned schedule. Record agreed swaps and missed time separately so the difference can be understood.
School pickup, daycare and other routine records may corroborate parts of the child’s week. Note what each record establishes; a pickup record alone may not show where the child spent the night.
If another adult provided regular daily or overnight care, record the dates and the available source or firsthand witness. Keep that information separate from assumptions about which parent should receive legal credit for the time.
Different documents can serve different purposes: FL Divorce 243 summarizes the final plan, while logs can show actual practice. Explain discrepancies rather than forcing both records to use the same numbers.
Compare calendars with messages and exchange records when dates are missing. Identify estimates and conflicting accounts rather than filling every day with an unsupported answer.
A repeated swap or changed overnight arrangement may affect the actual-care history. Preserve its dates and communications and ask counsel about significance; do not rewrite the final plan’s schedule on the form to match informal practice.
It summarizes information from the final Parenting Plan and is submitted with that plan only. It does not replace the plan or serve as a daily parenting-time log.
FL Divorce 243 asks for the schedule in the final Parenting Plan. For a separate dispute about actual care, preserve the best available calendars, exchange records and context without presenting estimates as observed facts.
A PI can check dates, records and observed routines. Counsel or the court process addresses the legal calculation and presentation, including which plan information belongs on FL Divorce 243.
Document the difference separately with logs, exchange notes and routine records, and ask counsel how it affects the case. Do not replace the final plan's schedule with actual practice on FL Divorce 243.
If calendars, messages and claimed care do not agree, share the relevant period and records. We can discuss reconstructing the actual-care chronology while keeping it distinct from the final-plan summary form.