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==Who should hire a parenting coordinator?==
==Who should hire a parenting coordinator?==


Parenting coordinators aren't necessary for everyone. The vast majority of separating parents have no need of a parenting coordinator if they are able to solve parenting disputes together.
A parenting coordinator can be helpful for families in which the parents have a history of high conflict, repetitive disagreements on parenting decisions, and/or the inability to cooperate on guardianship issues. Most separating parents do not need a parenting coordinator if they have a demonstrated ability to solve parenting disputes by agreement.


Parenting coordinators are for those few parents who found themselves fighting before litigation started, fighting as the litigation wound to trial, fighting during the trial, and fighting long after the trial. For these parents, no conflict is too small and the conflicts seem endless. They frequently find themselves in court asking the judge to make a decision. These are the parents who would benefit most from parenting coordination.
Parents who find themselves in court frequently asking a judge to make ordinary parenting decisions are the parents who would benefit most from parenting coordination.


In some cases, parents agree to hire a parenting coordinator voluntarily, and in other cases a judge orders that the parents hire a parenting coordinator to help them with ongoing disputes.
A parenting coordinator may be engaged by agreement or by order of the court and can be given authority to make specific classes of parenting decisions if the parents cannot agree. In addition, a parenting coordinator can be given authority to settle specific questions (for example, choice of school) or to resolve disputes about s. 7 expenses.  


==When should you hire a parenting coordinator?==
==When should you hire a parenting coordinator?==

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