On the recommendation of both the Conference of Family Presiding Judges and the Supreme Court Family Practice Committee, the Parenting Coordinator Pilot Program in Bergen, Middlesex, Morris/Sussex and Union vicinages is terminated effective November 26, 2012. All standardized forms promulgated in connection with that pilot program are rescinded as of that date, including the standardized order of appointment, the parent coordinator registration form, and the standardized case information form. Additionally, the roster of parenting coordinators posted on the judiciary website will be removed also as of that date.
While the Parenting Coordinator Pilot Program will be ending, Family Judges may continue to appoint Parenting Coordinators in specific cases in any vicinage (except in cases having a domestic violence temporary or final restraining order if effect). Parenting Coordinators so appointed will need to be qualified to serve either by consent of the parties or by the court in the same manner as other experts. While there are no specifically required forms of order of appointment, the two model orders appended to this notice are provided for guidance. One model order would be for use in consent situations; the other when the Parenting Coordinator is appointed on motion by the court or a party.
