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→What is parenting coordination?
Social workers, counsellors, psychologists, mediators, and lawyers who have special training can help people resolve disputes about the care of children through parenting coordination. Parenting coordination is only used where parents have an agreement or a final court order about parental responsibilities, parenting time, and contact, and is meant to help with:
Parenting coordinators cannot help with child support, spousal support, or the division of property and debt.
Parenting coordinators try to resolve disputes about children by helping the parents find a settlement, like a mediator. However, when a settlement cannot be reached or the dispute is urgent, the parenting coordinator may make a decision resolving the dispute, like an arbitrator. A parenting coordinator’s decision is called a ''determination.'' Determinations can be filed in court and be enforced like court orders.
Parenting coordinators can be appointed by parents’ agreement or by a court order made under the ''[[Family Law Act]]'', and are appointed for terms ranging from six months to two years. A parenting coordinator’s appointment can be renewed, if the parenting coordinator agrees.
More information about parenting coordination is available in the [[Resolving Family Law Problems out of Court]] chapter in the section on [[Parenting Coordination]].