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What's important, really, is that everyone understands what you're talking about. Although there are important differences between agreements and orders, call the plans for the care of your children after separation whatever you'd like. No one's going to get hung up on the fact that you talked about a parenting plan rather than parenting arrangements or a parenting order as long as you're clear about whether you're talking about an agreement you've made with your former partner, an award made by an arbitrator or an order made by a judge.
In this section, we'll use ''parenting schedules'' to talk about the allocation of parenting time between parents , and ''parenting arrangements'' to talk about the distribution of parental responsibilities and parenting time between parents, following the approach taken in the ''Family Law Act''.
===Parenting schedules===