PARENTING COORDINATOR APPLICATION FORM AND TRAINING STANDARDS

Supreme Court of Florida

No. AOSC14-64

IN RE: PARENTING COORDINATOR APPLICATION FORM

AND TRAINING STANDARDS

522 (Fla. 2 001), this Court adopted a guiding principle e ncour aging a family court

process to “empower familie s through skills development, assis t them to resolv e

their own disputes, provide access to appropriate services, and offer a variety of

dispute resolution forums where the family can resol ve problems without

additional e motional tra uma.” One form of dispute resolutio n that has be en very

successful in t he State of Florida in fa mily cases is mediation. Me d ia tion is b ut

one form of dispute resoluti on that is availa ble. The Florida Legislature, in

adopting se ct io n 61. 1 25, Florida Statutes, and this Court recognize parenting

coordination as another viable method of dispute resoluti on in the family arena