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Custody

Updated: 
March 27, 2024

What is a parenting coordinator?

A parenting coordinator is a person, appointed by the judge, to help resolve disputes between the parents and carry out parenting time orders. The types of disputes that the parenting coordinator can work with will be included in the order provided by the judge.1 Some of the disputes the parenting coordinator could work with include the child’s drop-off and pick-up; vacation and holiday schedule and implementation; health care management; daily routines; and any other issues presented jointly by the parents.2 The parenting coordinator will only be appointed if both parents and the coordinator agree on the scope of his/her work.

If the parents agree to a parenting coordinator, the judge will consider any history of abuse and include protections for the victim.3 Among other things, the order will include the time frame when the parenting coordinator will be working with the case, the costs associated with the service, and how those costs will be divided between the parents.4

1 MCL § 722.27c(1)
2 MCL § 722.27c(3)(e)
3 MCL § 722.27c(2)
4 MCL § 722.27c(3)(c), (3)(d)