WHAT IS PARENTING COORDINATION ?

According to the Guidelines for Parenting Coordination developed by The Association for Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)

Task Force on Parenting Coordination,

“Parenting coordination is a child focused alternative dispute resolution process in which a mental health or legal professional with mediation training and experience assists high conflict parents to implement their parenting plan by facilitating the resolution of their disputes in a timely manner, educating parents about children’s needs, and with prior approval of the parties and/or the court, making decisions with the scope of the court order or appointment contract.

The overall objective of parenting coordination is to assist high conflict parents implement their parenting plan, to monitor compliance with the details of the plan, to resolve conflict regarding their children and the parenting plan in a timely manner, and to protect and sustain safe, healthy and meaningful parent-child relationships. Parenting coordination is a quasi-legal, mental health, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process that combines assessment, education, case management, conflict management and sometimes decision making functions.”