Jacksonville Family Law Attorney Counsels Parents about Parent Coordinators and Facilitators

Divorce is difficult, even in the best circumstances. However, divorce involving children is sometimes almost impossible to resolve. When it comes time for parents to deal with the issues of co-raising a child during and after a divorce, the stakes are high and often, so are tempers. In the state of Florida, parent coordinators, also called parent facilitators, are used to make the process of ironing out the details of shared parenting easier and more manageable.
Parent facilitators are separate from your attorney, but do not replace the attorney’s services.
Rather, the parent coordinator works with you, your spouse, and your attorney, to make the experience of creating a parenting plan smoother. Jacksonville, FL family lawyer Maria Rogers has extensive experience using parent coordinators and facilitators in the process of developing parenting plans, and has found their outside help invaluable in making the divorce process nearly stress-free.

What is Parent Coordination?

Parent coordination is a service provided through Florida family court system, and it can be either voluntary or court ordered. In parent coordination, the court-trained coordinator helps parents come to a resolution in high-conflict custody disputes outside of the courtroom instead of bringing it into the courtroom for an ugly litigation battle. Instead of heated courtroom drama, a parent coordinator works as a neutral third party, acting as a mediator or arbitrator to help co-parents deal with the difficulties and stresses of shared parenting.

As an Alternative Dispute Resolution process, parent coordination can’t be beat. It has been carefully designed to help parents support and effectively manage their children throughout the divorce and afterwards. With the assistance of the parent coordinator, spouses together identify a way to create a positive parenting plan and sustain a healthy environment for the development of their children.

As your attorney, Maria Rogers will work closely with you to determine whether you would benefit from having a parent coordinator on board throughout the divorce and custody determination process, and will continue to strive for resolution to the key issues that often cause divorces to come to a stand-still. She has found in her years of experience that bringing a parent facilitator on board can make the difference between a timely divorce and one that drags on for months, or even, years.

Contact Attorney Rogers Today

Florida divorce attorney Rogers will do everything in her power to make our divorce as smooth and efficient as possible. Call her today at her Jacksonville office at (904) 352-2459 to begin working towards a peaceful and amicable co-parenting solution.