This week's Saddle Up segment emphasizes the importance of amicable cooperation in divorce, especially when children are involved. Key takeaways from Tuesday's 'Doing Divorce' episode with Dr. Peggy Price, who is both an attorney and a mother of a special needs child, were discussed. The segment highlights the critical need for detailed parenting plans, particularly for special needs children, considering financial support and caregiving challenges. Dr. Peggy Price's book, available on Amazon, is recommended for further guidance. Listeners are encouraged to reach out for more information and to revisit the informative Tuesday episode.

00:00 Introduction to Saddle Up Segment

00:16 Key Takeaway: Amicable Divorce

00:34 Support Systems in Divorce

00:47 Focus on Children

01:13 Special Needs Children in Divorce

02:15 Financial Considerations

03:21 Parenting Plans and Flexibility

03:57 Conclusion and Resources

Welcome to this week's Saddle Up segment where we just take key

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takeaways from the Doing Divorce,

different podcasts that aired on Tuesday,

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and, and I said it in the, in the

episode, and I'm gonna say it again.

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If there's only one thing that

you get from that episode, this

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is what I want you to hear.

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If both parties in a divorce

are willing and able.

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To work together, you

can do this amicably.

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So keep that in mind.

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Sometimes you need help.

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Sometimes you need a mediator.

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Sometimes you need attorneys.

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Sometimes you need an attorney mediator.

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So you, you will maybe need some

support, but you can do this together.

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And you know my spiel,

it's all about the kids.

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So I want you to do it amicably,

whether you have children or not.

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But if you have children, it's

the best thing that you can do

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for them to work together, to work

together on that parenting plan.

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Don't put them in the middle.

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Have them at the center have it so that

both parents have the child at the center

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and they're not being pulled apart.

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I've seen it so many times and

it's so hard on children, and we

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know that now On Tuesday's episode,

we had the blessing of having Dr.

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Peggy Price, and she is also an

attorney who has been through a

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divorce with not just a typical child.

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But a special needs child, and she made

me a better mediator by bringing up issues

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that you're gonna need to think through.

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So.

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If you can do it amicably do.

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If you have kids, it's really important.

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If you have a special needs

child, it's even more important

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to work together to come up with

a parenting plan for your child.

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And you know, I think what Peggy

was saying is a lot of times

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people won't really even address

it in their divorce decree.

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And it needs details, need to be

in your parenting plan because

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you have a unique circumstance.

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We talked through financial circumstances.

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We talked about child support being

different for a child with special

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needs and how sometimes they need

support longer than the 18 years,

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and what are you gonna do then?

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We talk through.

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What about if there's one parent

who's, you know, really doing most

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of the work with the child and not

really able to have that career?

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So in these situations, it is so key that

even though your marriage didn't work.

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You can make this work for your child.

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So I just be you if you can work

together for these kids, because there

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are different needs for a special needs

child and there are financial things

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you're going to need to be thinking of.

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And there's things that you need

to think through, just like typical

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children, you know, you need to know.

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Um, what their wants and

needs are and what works best

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for them with special needs.

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She was saying they probably need less

transfer days, so make sure that when

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you're doing a schedule, you put that

in and then always put in that as things

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shift and change that you're going

to be able to go in and change it.

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And sometimes you don't

even have to go to court.

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You can make.

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Changes to your parenting plan.

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As long as you both agree, the

only time you have to go to court

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is if you're fighting about it.

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So it was really a good episode.

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And this is just a very quick,

um, synopsis of what we cover,

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but I think it is the key things

that you need to think of.

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If you have a special needs

kiddo, there's a book that Dr.

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Peggy, Peggy Price put out.

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It's on Amazon.

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Grab it so you know how to plan.

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For your divorce and reach out

to me if you have questions

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or need more information and

go back to Tuesday's episode.

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It's a good one and I feel so

thankful to have had her on.

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So thanks so much for being here.

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You take good care.