Utah law allows a judge to appoint a parent coordinator to help parents work together at co-parenting their children. Parent coordinators make recommendations to the parents regarding a variety of common co-parenting issues such as communicating with each other, resolving conflicts, coordinating schedules, selecting schools and day care, and determining participation in sports and other activities. This is just a partial list. For a more comprehensive list of the issues parent coordinators can help with you can review the actual rule at http://www.utcourts.gov/resources/rules/ucja/ch04/4-509.htm

Parents do have to pay for this service, but for parents who are spending a lot of time (and money) in court trying to resolve co-parenting issues a parent coordinator is a less expensive and more efficient alternative.