Across the United States, custody courts are taking a more active role in ensuring that both parents maintain healthy relationships with their children after a divorce or separation. For this reason, joint custody arrangements or other shared parenting agreements are rapidly gaining in popularity. However, some courts are taking the concept even further and requiring that parents involved in a custody case work together to develop a shared set of rules, values, guidelines, and procedures that they will both agree to refer to in the parenting process. These documents are often referred to as