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Parenting Coordination
Traditional parenting coordination is an invaluable tool to assist parents in conflict, by employing a child-focused, alternative dispute resolution process during or after a divorce, separation, or dissolution. In the normal course, a PC serves as a neutral third-party that, where necessary, resolves disputes out of court, and serves as an intermediary. In doing so, a PC can ensure that parents effectively implement their parenting plan, comply with the requirements of the plan and timely resolve conflicts regarding the child(ren), outside of the judicial process. Together, these actions can protect and sustain safe, healthy and meaningful parent-child relationships. A PC can join your family at any point, regardless of where you are in the legal process.
Family Coordination Services
The idea of family coordination was borne out of a personal experience that demonstrated the need for an impartial, third-party intermediary who could discreetly coordinate all areas of a family’s life that may be implicated by any dissolution or estrangement. While family coordination services can include parenting coordination and remains a litigation-alternative, but allows for flexibility and deeper engagement determined by the needs of each family. These areas have included disputes arising from, but not limited to: sibling or child estrangement, co-habitation, management of primary and vacation homes, pets, and coordination of other jointly-held, tangible assets.
Family Coordination Services may include, but are not limited to:
Fostering improved and thoughtful communication surrounding your children, generally, or during periods of transition or change. Namely, helping manage and coordinate schedule changes, decisions surrounding extra-curricular activities, health and medical decisions, school choice, social media use protocols and boundaries, information sharing, travel issues, introduction of new significant others, the role of extended family, religious practices.
Parenting Coordination.
Change of circumstances resulting in increased disagreement.
Most commonly, we see intermittent disputes during the pendency of a dissolution, with an uptick in the immediate aftermath, as a family reckons with and seeks to comply with the parameters of any relevant agreements or court order(s). However, it is also common in the months and years following, for additional periods of discord to crop up, based on a change of circumstances. A change of circumstances is inevitable; sometimes the dissolution occurred when the kids were young and their needs have shifted, priorities change, new significant others emerge, and the like. Regardless, The Advisory can help you navigate these periods for as long, or as little time as is needed to reestablish the equilibrium you once enjoyed.
Estrangement Coordination.
Enabling a “cool off” period or lengthier time for reflection for family’s experiencing the estrangement of a child, sibling, or other family member. Particularly where economic interests remain intact; coordination of visits to shared home(s), use of jointly-held tangible assets, and facilitation of communications surrounding financial expectations.
Coordination of use and/or maintenance of all or part of residence(s) during or after separation, or throughout the pendency of dissolution/ongoing litigation.
Co-Habitation of Primary or Vacation Residence(s).
Coordination during or after separation or throughout the pendency of dissolution/ongoing litigation. Scheduling use, ensuring maintenance, and establishing restrictions and use-guidelines, as is necessary.
Use of other tangible, jointly-held or shared assets.
Pet Coordination.
Coordinate schedules for time-sharing within or outside any parallel child custody agreement, grooming and maintenance coordination, and health decisions.
Navigating the existence of prenuptial or postnuptial agreements, or any preexisting contract(s).
Assisting parties carry out the mandate of any preexisting, controlling orders or contracts and ensuring compliance, accordingly; particularly, where multiple legal processes are involved.