Monthly Member Meeting | Parenting Across Borders: Key Considerations for Success

Approved for:
1 General CLE Credit
1 Marital and Family Law Certification Credit
1 Juvenile Law Certification Credit

FL Bar CLE approved exclusively for NADP members. Reciprocity may be available in your state—be sure to verify requirements.

Long-distance parenting is not just a variation of local parenting—it’s an entirely more complex arrangement that demands a distinct level of planning, foresight, and professional expertise. In this presentation, Chloe Oudiz, the leading certified divorce coach for expats and international families, will share insights from her extensive experience helping families successfully transition into long-distance co-parenting. Chloe will explain why a standard parenting plan often falls short when distance is involved and highlight the many overlooked challenges—from travel logistics to maintaining consistent parent-child contact and shared decision-making from afar.

Drawing on her unique long-distance parenting plan template—the only one of its kind, available on her website—Chloe will guide divorce professionals through the essential elements that must be addressed to prevent conflict, reduce stress for parents, and protect the child’s well-being. Attendees will come away with a clearer understanding of the nuanced needs of international and cross regional families, practical guidance they can apply in their own work, and tools to help clients avoid the common pitfalls of long-distance arrangements. This session is particularly relevant for family lawyers, mediators, and other divorce professionals who work with globally mobile clients or families navigating cross-border relocation.

Key Takeaways:

• Specific experience and expertise is required
• The devil is in the detail
• Moving away from a binary view of the situation is key
• Everything is exacerbated when relationships are long distance: changes in plans, expenses, access to technology, ongoing contact…

Speaker Bio: 

Chloe Oudiz is a Certified Divorce Coach® and the author of Don’t Screw Up Your Divorce. Her mission is the help people divorce with less conflict so they can come out of their divorce without having destroyed their family. As an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) professional, Chloe specifically trained on the intricacies of the divorce process, as well as conflict resolution and negotiation strategies. Chloe works with clients from a variety of backgrounds but has extensive experience in supporting expatriates and international families who are dealing with the unique situation of living abroad during and after their divorce, with limited local family support, language barriers and relocation considerations. Chloe coaches in French and in English.

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