As with faith-based arbitration, or any other kind of family law arbitration for that matter, the parenting coordinator cannot make determinations that are inconsistent with the ''[[Family Law Act]]''. However, parenting coordinators are subject to additional restrictions in the scope of the things they can make decisions about. Under section 6(3) and (4)(a)(ix) of the [http://canlii.ca/t/8rdx Family Law Act Regulation], parenting coordinators can make determinations about parenting arrangements, contact with a child, and other issues agreed to by the parties and the parenting coordinator. However, regardless of whatever the parties and the parenting coordinator may have agreed to, a parenting coordinator may ''not'' make decisions about:

There's a lot more information about parenting coordination in the [[Parenting_Coordination|next section]] of this chapter.