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Visitation" and "Parenting Time describe the schedule granted to a parent of minor children.
Legal Custody means making major decisions about the child (school, medical, etc.) In MN joint-legal custody is the assumption and most common
After the divorce is final, there are day-to-day issues to work out between co-legal guardians. Sometimes, when mom and dad can't agree, an Expeditor is used to help settle the dispute.
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Involvement of a Parenting Time (visitation) Expeditor can be stipulated to by the parties (by agreement) or ordered by the court. The Expeditor's role is to interpret the court order, after the divorce, as concerns Custody and Visitation matters. The Expeditor, by law, first attempts to help the parties Mediate the parenting time dispute. If the Mediation fails, in some cases the the Expeditor can rule on behalf of the court with a binding order (arbitration), which the parties must adhere to. |
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Often an Expeditor can help a mom and dad create a Parenting Plan, which adds more detail, by agreement, to the Judges court order.
Examples of issues a Visitation Expeditor might mediate (ALL COURT ORDERS CONTROL) : Pick up and drop off times, specific calendar issues, disputes about one party not following the custody/visitation court order, specifics of how vacations are split, interpretation of the court order, birthday schedules, timing of telephone contact with children,, first right of refusal by other parent, day care issues, rescheduling parenting time for work or school.
An Expeditor has the authority to give compensatory time (make up time) to one parent to equalize the situation if the other parent has not been following the court order or Expeditor's decisions in serious ways.
Except as ordered by a judge, exchanges and communications relating to ADR proceedings including the mediation process are NOT admissible in court or subject to discovery. The proceedings are confidential and the Expeditor is not allowed to contact any third party (including the parties children) without specific written permission form both parties. However, expedited orders are admissable.
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