Parenting Coordinators

Описание: A growing number of separated and divorced parents have opted to resolve their disputes privately, without going to court, by relying on the assistance and expertise of specially trained social workers and mental health professionals who serve as parenting coordinators.

What are the pros and cons of using this form of alternative dispute resolution? How much does it cost? What kinds of parental disputes are best suited to parenting coordination? How do you find parenting coordinators in your community? Join Justice Brownstone and his expert guests for a lively and highly informative episode where all of these issues will be discussed, and much more.

Guests: Shelagh Kinney, John-Paul Boyd.

Shelagh Kinney has over 20 years of experience in family law. Her practice includes all matters relating to custody, access, mobility disputes, adoptions, property division, corporate and tax issues, child and spousal support, and trust claims, as well as the drafting of asset protection agreements and separation agreements. Shelagh has appeared as counsel in family law cases at the Provincial, Supreme, and Appeal levels and is called to the Bar in both British Columbia and Ontario. A member of the B.C. Parenting Co-Ordinator's Roster, certified as a Family Law Mediator, and having taken training in Collaborative Law Practice, Shelagh also offers her clients alternatives to litigation and recognizes that, in appropriate cases, mediation or arbitration can assist in resolving disputes in a timely and economical way. John-Paul Boyd is a lawyer, mediator and parenting coordinator in private practice with the Vancouver firm Aaron Gordon Daykin Nordlinger. His public legal education website on family law is www.bcfamilylawresource.com