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Revision as of 19:15, 23 February 2013
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Parenting coordinators are hired by the agreement of the parties or a court order. Orders for the appointment of a parenting coordinator can be made with or without the agreement of the parties. An agreement or order appointing a parenting coordinator should specify who is being appointed; a list a of parenting coordinators is available at the website of BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society. | Parenting coordinators are hired by the agreement of the parties or a court order. Orders for the appointment of a parenting coordinator can be made with or without the agreement of the parties. An agreement or order appointing a parenting coordinator should specify who is being appointed; a list a of parenting coordinators is available at the website of BC Parenting Coordinators Roster Society. | ||
=== | ===Signing the Parenting Coordination Agreement=== | ||
The parties and their parenting coordinator will sign a parenting coordination agreement that talks about the scope of the parenting coordinator's services and authority, how parenting problems will be addressed, and how the parties will manage the parenting coordinator's fees. (In general, the parenting coordinator's fees will be split equally between the parties, unless they agree otherwise or unless the parenting coordinator has a good reason to assign responsibility for a certain amount of fees to a particular person.) It is always helpful if the key terms of the parenting coordination agreement are set out in the order or agreement appointing the parenting coordinator, including: | The parties and their parenting coordinator will sign a parenting coordination agreement that talks about the scope of the parenting coordinator's services and authority, how parenting problems will be addressed, and how the parties will manage the parenting coordinator's fees. (In general, the parenting coordinator's fees will be split equally between the parties, unless they agree otherwise or unless the parenting coordinator has a good reason to assign responsibility for a certain amount of fees to a particular person.) It is always helpful if the key terms of the parenting coordination agreement are set out in the order or agreement appointing the parenting coordinator, including: | ||
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===Concluding the Retainer=== | ===Concluding the Retainer=== | ||
At the end of the parenting coordinator's | At the end of the parenting coordinator's term, all parties — the parents and the parenting coordinator — must agree to renew the parenting coordination agreement. If the agreement isn't renewed, the parenting coordination process is concluded. | ||
Under s. 15(6) of the ''Family Law Act'', a parenting coordination agreement can be terminated before the end of a parenting coordinator's in one of three circumstances: | |||
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<blockquote>(a) in the case of an agreement, by agreement of the parties or by an order made on application by either of the parties;</blockquote> | |||
<blockquote>(b) in the case of an order, by an order made on application by either of the parties;</blockquote> | |||
<blockquote>(c) in any case, by the parenting coordinator, on giving notice to the parties and, if the parenting coordinator is acting under an order, to the court.</blockquote> | |||
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||