Not exact matches
4) Facilitation / Divorce Co-ordinator (Couples / Family): Facilitation can be used to resolve any type of family dispute — divorce (financial aspects, contact and care, rights and responsibilities in respect of the
parents to the children, holiday contact, maintenance
issues), post-divorce disputes (ongoing contact, disputes with regard to joint decisions to be made
between the
parties etc), maintenance, permanent relationship or civil union disputes, relocation matters, testamentary division.
This morning I looked at an old
issue of Today's
Parent magazine that was on my coffee table (I kept it because it gave great ideas about how to organize children's birthday
parties), and read about competition
between mothers.
In both Marques v. Raulino and McCall v. Res, the courts addressed a number of main
issues between the
parties, but each touched briefly on what is nonetheless an important question: The extent to which a
Parenting Coordinator is entitled to resolve disputes about legal custody, mobility, parenting schedules, or anything other than minor or temporar
Parenting Coordinator is entitled to resolve disputes about legal custody, mobility,
parenting schedules, or anything other than minor or temporar
parenting schedules, or anything other than minor or temporary
issues.
Resolve disputes
between parties regarding implementation or clarification or existing orders concerning minor or dependent children regarding
parenting time, decisions, child support and other
issues.
In addition to the court order for
Parenting Coordination, a written agreement
between the
parties and the
Parenting Coordinator shall be used to detail specific
issues not contained in the court order, such as fee payments, billing practices and retainers.
Family Mediation Service The main features of the Family Mediation Service are as follows: a) The FMS is a free professional and confidential service for couples, married and non-married, who have decided to separate or divorce and who together want to negotiate the terms of their separation or divorce; b) Mediation helps
parties reach an agreement that meets their interests and those of their children; and c) The FMS also deals with a small number of cases which involve conflict
between other members of a family (e.g.
parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren on
issues such as wills).
Mediation is especially effective in situations in which there may be continuing relationships among the
parties: divorce and related family matters, conflicts
between adult siblings over
issues related to their aging
parents, their
parents» finances, or their estates.
The goal of the
Parents» Education Program is to promote cooperation between the parties and to assist parents in resolving issues connected to their children that may arise during the divorce or separation p
Parents» Education Program is to promote cooperation
between the
parties and to assist
parents in resolving issues connected to their children that may arise during the divorce or separation p
parents in resolving
issues connected to their children that may arise during the divorce or separation process.
When it is not possible to resolve these
issues between the
parties, then they may be able to resolve them during mediation, which is required to be held whether the
parents believe they can come to an agreement or do not think it is possible.
That depends mostly on how much fighting takes place as the spouses try to resolve by agreement the legal
issues (custody; a
parenting plan; support; and division of property and debt) that the judge must decide following a trial if the
parties can not agree
between themselves directly or through mediation or with the assistance of and negotiations through their lawyers.
Mediation is a way for
parents to resolve their disputes in a private confidential setting with the assistance of a neutral third
party whose role is to assist the
parties in reaching an agreement on disputed
issues by identifying
issues, exploring options and facilitating communication
between the
parties.
It will look first for past agreement
between the
parties on this
issue, then consider past conduct of the
parents if there was no stated or implied agreement, but will not allocate decisions - making ability about religions upbringing if neither exists.
In some cases, depending on the severity of the
issues and the levels of distrust
between the
parties and / or the child, it can be beneficial for each
party to have their own individual therapists, including one for the child and one for each of the
parents.
Remember that a co-parenting coordinator is a neutral third
party whose ultimate goal is to reduce the conflict
between the
parties and set up a process through which the
parents can resolve
issues without the co-parenting coordinator's intervention.
The family courts feel that the
parents are the ones best suited to determine child custody
issues and strongly encourage the
parties to develop a
parenting plan
between themselves.
Parenting plans outline regular parenting time, vacation time, holiday time, decision making for both major and day to day decisions, relocation issues, contact between the parties and the child, transportation, tax dependency exemptions of the child, child support, and many mor
Parenting plans outline regular
parenting time, vacation time, holiday time, decision making for both major and day to day decisions, relocation issues, contact between the parties and the child, transportation, tax dependency exemptions of the child, child support, and many mor
parenting time, vacation time, holiday time, decision making for both major and day to day decisions, relocation
issues, contact
between the
parties and the child, transportation, tax dependency exemptions of the child, child support, and many more
issues.