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Polk County Supplementary Local Rules (2026) · physical PDF page 31 · 2026

Twelfth Judicial District – Polk County – February 1, 2026 
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6.3. Writing and Telephoning. The non-custodial parent shall, in addition to the 
parenting time in this Order, have the right to correspond with the child, and to 
telephone the child during reasonable hours without monitoring by the custodial 
parent or anyone else. Unless otherwise agreed to between the parties, telephone 
calls between non-custodial parent and the child shall be limited to no more than 3 
per week. The custodial parent shall also have similar rights during periods of non-
custodial parent's parenting time. A child over the age of 12 shall have the right to 
initiate calls to the other parent during reasonable hours. Long distance calls are to 
be made collect unless other arrangements are made. 
6.4. Decision Making. The custodial parent is encouraged to consult with the non-
custodial parent regarding major decisions affecting the child; however, the 
custodial parent shall have full decision-making authority. Each parent shall exert 
their best effort to work cooperatively for the best interests of the child. 
6.5. Parenting Time is Independent from Support. Parenting time is not dependent on 
payment of child support nor anything else not directly related to parenting time. 
7. FLEXIBILITY: 
Parents are encouraged to be flexible and to consider their child's best interests in arranging 
additional parenting time. It is the intent of this parenting time document to provide a 
schedule to parents who have not been able to agree to an alternate more flexible schedule. 
This Rule is not intended to create an absolute maximum amount of time the non-custodial 
parent can be with the child; nor is it intended to restrict a parent from seeing a child at 
school or events. 
8. PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS: 
The Twelfth Judicial District provides a mandatory Parent Education Program. (See 
Supplementary Local Rule 8.081.) 
9. SMOKING OR DRINKING ALCOHOL IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CHILD: 
An issue frequently occurs when one parent smokes or drinks alcohol in front of the child 
and the other parent objects. If the parents cannot agree on this issue, neither parent should 
smoke in the presence of the child or smoke in any manner so the child is breathing the 
smoke and neither parent should drink alcohol to the point where they are affected by the 
alcohol. 
10. INVOLVEMENT AND FLEXIBILITY: 
The parenting time schedule should be construed and implemented in a manner which 
fosters the child's best interest by providing liberal, predictable, and wholesome time 
between the child and the non-custodial parent. While this schedule promotes stability for 
the child, each parent acknowledges that reasonable adjustments will be needed from time 
to time and that an element of flexibility will be required in administering this parenting time 
schedule. Each parent should be flexible in arranging dates and times with the child so 
important family events and the child's activities are maintained with minimal disruption or 
hard feelings. Each parent shall act reasonably in registering the child for activities keeping in 
mind that neither parent is entitled to require activities for the child which will take place

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