A safety-focused parenting plan is a parenting plan specifically structured around identified safety concerns including domestic violence, child abuse, substance use, mental health instability, or abduction risk. It incorporates protective measures directly into the schedule, exchange, and communication provisions.

A safety-focused parenting plan typically includes provisions for supervised exchanges, protected exchange locations, restricted communication between parents, drug and alcohol testing requirements, conditions on parenting time related to sobriety or treatment compliance, passport and travel controls, and dispute resolution processes designed to minimize direct contact.

Under the Alec and Lydia Act when a court enters a parenting order after a domestic violence finding the protective conditions must be specifically documented in the order with written findings explaining why they serve the child's best interests.