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Parenting Coordination: A Judge’s Perspective

An article from the bench, bar and parenting coordinator. Honorable Judge Mary E. Staley – For the sake of their children, divorcing parents must communicate with each other in a healthy manner concerning parenting issues. This poses a serious problem for the approximately 20-30% of divorcing parents who exhibit high conflict behaviors. Research indicates that unrelenting parental conflict is the most common cause of poor adjustment in children following a divorce.

In the past the legal system has had limited resources available to assist high conflict families. However, the creation of parenting coordinators (PC) in 1997 has resulted in a steadily growing trend throughout the United States, Canada and Europe of using PC’s to address problems unique to high conflict divorcing parents.

Read more here.

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Contact us if you need a parenting coordinator — Vicki Shemin, Jon Fields, and Sheryl Dennis are certified by the courts to accept cases.

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Five Reasons to Work With A Parenting Coordinator

Co-parenting isn’t always a very easy thing to do. A big part of doing so involves making joint decisions about all sorts of things concerning your children, whether it be what they eat for dinner tonight to which school they attend. When making these kinds of decisions results in conflict and you can’t even get close to reaching a resolution, it’s probably time to enlist help from a professional. That’s where a parenting coordinator may be able to help.

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NOTE FROM FIELDS AND DENNIS — FOR SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOOKS AND VIDEOS ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIVORCE AND ABOUT PARENTING PLANS, VISIT HERE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIVORCE, VISIT HERE.

Contact us if you need a parenting coordinator — Vicki Shemin, Jon Fields, and Sheryl Dennis are certified by the courts to accept cases.

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How Parenting Coordinators Keep Divorced Parents Out of Court

 

All too often, divorce can get ugly. And when there are children involved, things can get even uglier. Each parent feels they have certain rights, the child is often caught in the middle, and a seemingly never-ending cycle of feuding fueled by bitterness and jealousy begins — both in court and out.

Enter, “parenting coordinators.”

Such is the name given to the select group of professional psychologists and lawyers who have been specially trained to aid in particularly contentious divorce cases. It’s all part of an initiative launched by the Family Justice Courts (FJC) back in 2016. The coordinators, who are assigned to manage high-conflict child custody and visitation cases, have one goal in mind: facilitating parent cooperation and carrying court-ordered arrangements.

Read more here.

NOTE FROM FIELDS AND DENNIS — FOR SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOOKS AND VIDEOS ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIVORCE AND ABOUT PARENTING PLANS, VISIT HERE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIVORCE, VISIT HERE.

Contact us if you need a parenting coordinator — Vicki Shemin, Jon Fields, and Sheryl Dennis are certified by the courts to accept cases.

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Ten Signs You May Need a Parenting Coordinator

Good post from the Cleveland law firm of Cavitch Familo & Durkin.

Do you have a high conflict case? Do you have a case with significant parenting concerns? Parent Coordination Services may be the solution….

Read blog post here.

NOTE FROM FIELDS AND DENNIS — FOR SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOOKS AND VIDEOS ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIVORCE AND ABOUT PARENTING PLANS, VISIT HERE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIVORCE, VISIT HERE.

Contact us if you need a parenting coordinator — Vicki Shemin, Jon Fields, and Sheryl Dennis are certified by the courts to accept cases.

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New Rule Brings Clarity to Parenting Coordinator Roles, Jon Fields and Vicki L. Shemin Co-Write Op-Ed

Parenting coordinator roles just got a significant boost and increased clarity, according to Vicki L. Shemin and Jon Fields, in an op-ed co-written for Massachusetts Lawyers’ Weekly. With a rollout of new parenting coordinator roles rules (Probate & Family Court Standing Order 1-17, effective July 1) and the decision of the Appeals Court in Leon v. Cormier, Parenting Coordinators now have the boundaries of their roles more clearly defined than ever, and many of their logistical decisions about parenting that don’t affect the custody agreement can be enforced with the court’s authority. This still leaves big questions about what parenting coordinators should do in a variety of situations, especially where the wellbeing of the child may be at risk.

Read more of Jon and Vicki’s reflections on this important new rule here.

 

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