Services

Expert guidance to create effective, personalized parenting agreements to fine tune the operation of Orders and Separation Agreements that prioritize your children's well-being.

We provide comprehensive conflict resolution guidance to parents undergoing significant disputes. Any time you want advice during our contract simply reach out asking for a call while copying your co-parent for transparency.  Through tailored online mediation sessions, we help parties reach amicable agreements, fostering a cooperative parenting environment. Our approach emphasizes open communication and mutual respect, significantly reducing tensions and facilitating better co-parenting practices.

Develop child-centric agreements that prioritize the needs and best interests of the children involved. By closely working with parents, we craft agreements that support stable and nurturing environments, ensuring that children continue to thrive despite family transitions. Our plans are designed to be flexible yet structured, addressing potential changes as children grow.

At no extra charge, Cori L. McGuire includes handouts to teach key concepts and provide additional information to support healthier parenting.  Parenting apps like Our Family Wizard are monitored without charge and fees are generated only to resolve potential problems with the goal of improving communication building a stronger, unified approach to parenting.

Cori assists parents by mediating disagreements  that remain unresolved after following the Communication Agreement to do so themselves.  Cori often uses "shuttle mediation", by speaking with each parent to obtain their perspective on the issue, and then she helps each parent with making a proposal and a counter proposal.  Managing emotions leads to flexible thinking and solutions!  Take the other parent's perspective into consideration and always decide only based on your children's best interests.

PC work starts where the parents are at, and builds on the basic expectation of respectful co-parenting written communication.  Parents build up to Zoom meetings if able, to efficiently and effectively manage issue and create systems such as for future parenting time trades or scheduling activities.  

Most issues are resolved by consensus and the PC uses her legal drafting skills to quickly provide the parents with written agreements that they can rely on and enforce.  

Refer to our Blog for specifics examples of how common problems can be resolved by parenting coordination.  Parents can mediate any parenting issue with a PC, including international travel.

If issues remain outstanding after coaching, education, negotiation and mediation, the parties will prepare submissions for a written Determination.  PCs are governed by the Family Law Act and Regulations.  No Determinations can be made on issues like changing an Order for guardianship, parental responsibilities, substantially changing parenting time or relocation.  For liability concerns around child abduction, the PC will not make a determiniation regarding international travel. 

A Determination follows the rules of natural justice, with each parent having notice of the issue and an understanding of process when they make their submissions.  The PC will make a written decision in the best interests of the children that can be filed in the Court and enforced as if it was an Order.  The process is usually much more affordable, private, and low stress than returning to court, and court might not resolve these issues or spend as much time.  Cori spends the time required to research the best decision and alternatives, with the benefit of 27 years of experience and training focused in family law.  Helping families reach resolutions with minimal stress and expense is in everyone’s best interest. 

Short form determinations are also available for smaller issues at a lower cost.  Less time is spent writing facts and analysis, but if either party wishes to apply to Court to set aside the Determination, the PC fees must be paid within 7 days of the decision in order to provide the full reasons.