In some casesUnder the current law, parents agree to hire a parenting coordinator voluntarily, and can only be appointed when there is a parenting plan in other cases place as an order of the court or a judge orders that written agreement of the parents hire a parenting coordinator to help them with ongoing disputesparties.

At presentParenting coordinators cannot make fundamental changes to a parenting arrangement, such as guardianship terms, residency or significant changes to the parenting coordinators trained through the [http://wwwschedule.bcparentingcoordinators.com BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society] A parenting coordinator can only be involved when there is a final make adjustments to the parenting schedule and assist with routine parenting arrangement decisions, such as extra-curricular activities, participation in place as a result special events, routine medical interventions, travel protocols, handling of child-related documents and settlement of a final order or a separation agreementdisputes over holidays.

Parenting coordinators do not make fundamental changes to a parenting arrangement. While they can and <span class="noglossary">will</span> adjust a parenting schedule from time, they can't decide that a child <span class="noglossary">will</span> live with a different parent and they usually won't make long-lasting changes to a schedule of parenting time or contact. Parenting coordinators need a framework to work with, whether the framework is provided by a court order or an agreement. Parenting coordinators <span class="noglossary">will</span> make <span class="noglossary">minor</span> adjustments to a parenting schedule as may be required from time to time. They can help resolve problems about parenting disputes, and they <span class="noglossary">will</span> help the parents to communicate with each other more effectively in order , and coach parents to try and resolve problems between themthemselves. If, with the parenting coordinator's help, the parents are not able to resolve a parenting dispute, the parenting coordinator will has the power to make a decision for the parentson issues within the parenting coordinator's authority.