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[quote=Anonymous]OP what do you think you need a parenting coordinator for? To help come up with a parenting plan or to have an ongoing role?

The fact is there are a lot of people who are not very good who will take your money and also interfere. So be careful. these people are not trained and they don’t have any duty towards you. Do not let a 3rd party into your life as a decision maker unless required by the courts.

That said, I did use Lisa Herrick in the initial stages of drafting a parenting plan. She was quite good and good at dealing with my jerky ex. But she wanted to put in legally binding provisions that I really object to and were not right for us (like agreeing that a mediator would actually make decisions on certain matters as they arose if we could not agree.) You really need your own lawyer to assess this stuff.

Later on Lisa was unavailable so we used a different woman to finalize our parenting plan (I have blocked out her name) who was absolutely awful. She actively tried to derail things my ex and I had already agreed on, got mad that I was trying to be focused instead of touchy feely, and didn’t actually produce any usable draft. what a waste of money.

If you think you want a parenting coordinator to make decisions on an ongoing basis if you disagree - please rethink that. It is a terrible idea and you should never, ever put into a legal agreement a clause that allows a 3rd party to make decisions for you.

If you just want someone to help you and your ex improve communication, help facilitate discussion - that is more appropriate for a couples therapist type person. 
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