Parenting Coordination in New Jersey
Parenting coordination helps parents address ongoing, day-to-day disputes involving their children when they have difficulty resolving those issues on their own. Calm The Chaos provides parenting coordination services in New Jersey with Sheri P. Tully, MSW, LCSW, helping parents work through disagreements within the framework of their existing parenting plan or court order.
What Is Parenting Coordination?
A Parenting Coordinator is a neutral professional appointed by the court to help parents resolve day-to-day parenting issues that arise after a custody order and parenting plan are in place. Parenting coordination is designed to provide a structured process for addressing disagreements without requiring parents to return to court for every routine conflict.
The Parenting Coordinator works within the scope established by the court’s appointment order. The role does not replace the court or change fundamental decisions involving custody, parenting time, or support. Instead, the Parenting Coordinator helps parents communicate, identify areas of disagreement, and work toward practical resolutions concerning the implementation of their parenting arrangements.
How a Parenting Coordinator Helps Parents Resolve Disputes
Parenting coordination may address recurring disagreements involving parenting schedules, exchanges, communication, child care arrangements, activities, and other day-to-day issues concerning the children.
The Parenting Coordinator helps parents clarify the issue, improve communication, and attempt to reach an agreement. When permitted by the court’s appointment order, the Parenting Coordinator may also make recommendations concerning issues that fall within the defined scope of the appointment.
The purpose of the process is to reduce repeated conflict, establish more effective ways of addressing disagreements, and help parents carry out their parenting responsibilities with greater consistency.
Parenting Plans and Recommendations
A Parenting Coordinator works within the existing parenting plan and court orders rather than independently changing them. Recommendations may address practical issues that arise in implementing the parenting plan, but the Parenting Coordinator does not have unlimited authority to modify custody arrangements or court orders.
The specific authority of the Parenting Coordinator depends on the terms of the court’s appointment order. Parents should therefore understand the scope of the appointment and the procedures established by the court for addressing recommendations or unresolved disputes.
Parenting Coordination With Sheri P. Tully, MSW, LCSW
Sheri P. Tully, MSW, LCSW, provides parenting coordination services through Calm The Chaos in New Jersey. Her professional background in clinical social work and family conflict informs her approach to helping parents communicate more effectively, identify the issues contributing to recurring disputes, and work toward practical resolutions.
Sheri also helps parents better understand how ongoing parental conflict and communication difficulties can affect their children. The goal is to provide a structured and impartial process that keeps the children’s needs at the center of discussions while helping parents manage disagreements more effectively.
If recurring disagreements are making it difficult to follow an established parenting plan or resolve day-to-day parenting issues, contact Calm The Chaos to learn more about parenting coordination in New Jersey.
