Parenting Coordinator

A parenting coordinator is a person appointed by the court for a specified term to help implement the parenting time orders of the court and to help resolve parenting disputes that fall within the scope of the parenting coordinator’s appointment [MCL 722.27c(1)].
The scope of the parenting coordinator’s duties in resolving disputes between parents may include any of the following:
Vacation and holiday schedules and implementation
Daily routines
Activities and recreation
Discipline
Health care management
School-related issues
Alterations in the parenting time schedule
Participation of other persons in parenting time
Child care and babysitting issues
Any other matters submitted to the parenting coordinator jointly by the parties [See MCL 722.27c(e)]