What is the relationship between the professional visitation monitor/agency and the Court?
The only relationship is one of referral from the Court to the monitor/agency and then written feedback from the monitor/agency back to the Court. There is no financial relationship and there is no information-sharing other than the monitor/agency report back to the Court. Court orders, FCS reports, TROs and other administrative information must be provided to the monitor/agency by the parties to the case or their legal representatives. The Court does not ever provide such information to the monitor/agency. Sometimes the Court makes an order that allows the parties to select the supervisor. However, the Court does order a specific monitor or agency in some cases.
