Nissa M. Ricafort answers:
A parenting coordinator is appointed by the Court to assist parents in implementing and following a custody order. The main goal of a parenting coordinator is to facilitate effective communication between the parents. In assisting with communication between the parents, usually a parenting coordinator can help prevent conflict and can help to quickly resolve conflict between the parents outside of court. Most often parenting coordinators work with the parents to help outline a parenting calendar that reflects the terms of the Court’s order.
Additionally, a parenting coordinator may help the parents make decisions about their child’s extracurricular activities, or about their child’s education or medical care. In working with a parenting coordinator, parents are able to minimize both financial and emotional expense as most disputes can be effectively resolved by the parenting coordinator outside of the courtroom. This allows the family to move forward as opposed to being stuck in constant post-divorce litigation.
Nissa M. Ricafort is one of the three founding partners of Broyles Kight & Ricafort, P.C. As an experienced Indianapolis family law attorney, Nissa has assisted families through difficult transitions, including high-conflict custody proceedings, international custody disputes, complicated marital estate divisions, child support disputes, and paternity matters. View their firm’s Divorce Magazine online profile.
What happens when the parent coordinator becomes one parents ally and refuses to remove herself as the ex spouse keeps conflict going to retain her services and keep paying her to act as his own personal paid all to document his hearsay and lies as facts for the court. what are the options to have this person removed for fraudulent and unprofessional conduct that is being manipulated by the party who has more money and a vested interest in controlling the situation. A dream for DV abusers. I have not found any laws or statutes to remove this privately paid 3rd party person which claims there is constant conflict and that she needs to remain on the case. She is being paid a small fortune by ex. What are my options. Ex set me up and pc recommended a protection order because our communication was not following appropriate guidelines. Now he has a leg up to control and set me up for violating the protection order if I come within 1000 feet. The situation is out of control and unlawful. I know I can write a letter to the board of psychology but other than that the court believes that I just don’t want to follow her recommendations and won’t remove her. On top of this it was an agreed order for 24 mo. that exes attorneys changed without my consent the following day be open ended or to have her remain on the case until both parties agreed to dismiss her or court dismisses her. Its unconscionable.