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The Sitter Tree, L.L.C. Parent Client Terms of Service The Sitter Tree, L.L.C. (herein after referred to as “Company”) is a referral service provider connecting Parent Clients (herein after referred to as “Parent”) with Sitter Clients (herein after referred to as “Sitter”). Parent must read and agree to the following terms of service, indicating that they subscribe to the policies and procedures laid forth by Company. 1. Understanding of Referral Relationship. I, Parent, hereby agree and acknowledge that Sitter is not employed or otherwise engaged by the Company, in any capacity, and is not authorized to act on behalf of the Company. As such, I, Parent acknowledge that Company is not responsible for any acts or omissions of the Sitter. I acknowledge that there are inherent risks associated with hiring a sitter found through a child and/or pet sitting referral service, including injury to persons, pets or property, and I hereby expressly assume all such risks related to all persons and pets, not solely my own children or pets, who may be on my property while the Sitter is performing child and/or pet services for me. I agree and acknowledge that I shall not request, nor shall a Sitter be required to provide, child sitting services for more than four (4) children at any time unless otherwise agreed to by the Company in writing. I hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and any of its agents, employees, officers, shareholders, directors and affiliates, individually or in any other capacity (the foregoing are all for the purposes herein referred to collectively as the “Releasees”) for any and all loss or damage, and any claim or demands therefor on account of injury to any person, pet or property or in any way arising out of or related to the sitter referral services provided by the Company or the child sitting services provided by Sitter, whether caused by the negligence of the Releasees or otherwise. 2. Fees. I, Parent, understand that in order to utilize the Company’s child and /or pet sitter referral services or Company Sitter, I must pay the fees set forth on the Company’s website at thesittertree.com. Such fees shall include a fee paid directly by Parent to the Company (the “Company Fee”) in exchange for "sitter requests," or uses of the Company service and a fee paid by the Parent directly to the Sitter (the “Sitter Fee”). I, Parent, agree to pay the Company Fee to the Company for so long as I shall choose to utilize Company services or a Sitter referred by Company. a. I, Parent, agree and acknowledge that any sitter requests, or uses, purchased will expire 365 days from the date of purchase, including unlimited sitter requests memberships. Any unused sitter requests will not be refunded. b. I, Parent, agree and acknowledge that I, and not the Company, will be directly engaging the Sitter to provide child and/or pet sitting services and that I alone shall be responsible for paying the Sitter Fee to Sitter. I agree and acknowledge to pay the Sitter at least the stated hourly Sitter Fee generated specifically for each job on the Company's website, even if I choose to end a job early. I agree and acknowledge to pay the Sitter the stated hourly Sitter Fee for any additional hours for which I extend the job end time. c. I, Parent, agree and acknowledge the Company will not refund Sitter Requests for cancellations made within 12 hours of any job start time. d. I, Parent, agree and acknowledge to pay Late Termination Fee to Sitter for cancellations made within the specified amount of time prior to a sitter's scheduled arrival. I agree to pay sitter via her accepted payment methods within 24 hours of the termination according to the Termination Fee schedule below: i. $25 for cancellations made within three (3) hours of Sitter’s scheduled arrival time. ii. $35 for cancellations made within one (1) hour of Sitter's scheduled arrival time. 3. Administration of Medication. I, Parent, hereby agree and acknowledge that the Company authorizes no Sitter to administer medication to any person or pets. Furthermore, I, Parent, agree to indemnify, save and hold harmless from any loss, liability, attorney fees, damage or cost that the Releasees may incur arising out of, or related to, the administration of any medication to any person or pet by Sitter. 4. Driving. I, Parent, hereby agree and acknowledge that Company insures no Sitter to drive any person or pet. Furthermore, I, Parent, agree to indemnify, save and hold harmless from any loss, liability, attorney fees, damage or cost that the Releassees may incur arising out of, or related to, the Sitter’s transportation of any person or pet in any vehicle. 5. Non-circumvention. I, Parent, agree to schedule child and/or pet sitting services through the Company pursuant to these Terms of Service and not to solicit the Sitter to perform child and/or pet sitting services directly. I, Parent, hereby agree and acknowledge that if I engage a Sitter directly, the Company shall be entitled to charge me, for each such occurrence, a $300.00 circumvention fee for such engagement, in addition to any applicable Company Fees. 6. Miscellaneous. a. Successors and Assigns. All of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, if any, successors, and assigns. b. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. c. Headings. Section headings are not to be considered a part of this Agreement and are not intended to be a full and accurate description of the contents hereof. d. Waiver. Waiver by one party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other shall not operate or be construed as a continuing waiver. e. Assignment. The Parent shall not assign any of its rights under this Agreement, or delegate the performance of any of its duties hereunder, without the prior written consent of the Company. f. Modification or Amendment. No amendment, change to or modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing signed by the parties hereto. g. Entire Understanding. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement of the parties, and any and all prior agreements, understandings, and representations, whether written or oral, are hereby terminated and canceled in their entirety and are of no further force and effect. h. Unenforceability of Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement, or any portion thereof, is held to be invalid and unenforceable, then the remainder of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. i. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In addition, this Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic signature, which shall constitute a valid and enforceable signature. The parties agree that an electronic signature shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.