Why did the Judge order a Parent Coordinator?
Parents may need a Parenting Coordinator when other avenues of problem resolution have not worked and there are continued disagreements regarding issues such as schedules, overnight parenting time, choice of schools, extracurricular activities, exchanging the children, holiday scheduling, the handling of the children’s behavior, religious training, health issues, and problematic behaviors on the part of one or both parents. Many times, the family has already participated in a custody and parenting time evaluation. Using a Parenting Coordinator to resolve disputes and help make recommendations to the Court about your children can be a useful alternative to repeatedly going to Court. Parenting Coordinator’s goals are somewhat different than those of a Judge. A Judge’s job is to make orders that are based on the law, including the best interests of the children. A Parenting Coordinator’s job is to assist parents in making parenting decisions in the best interests of the children and in ac
