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Schnider, and Angus Strachan*  \nIntroduction  \nLynette Berg Robe  \narenting Plan Coordinators (“PPCs”) have become more common since the concept was first intro  \nduced in the early 1990’s. In 2007-2008, the Los Angeles County Family Law Executive Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association appointed a multi-disciplinary committee to revise the Parenting Plan Coordinator Stipulation that had been in use since about 1995.  \nLos Angeles County has one of the largest family courts in North America, and the court actively promotes alternative dispute resolution procedures. Besides the required Conciliation Court mediations for child custody, there is a large volunteer panel of family law attorneys and accountants who provide mediation services. In the spring of 2007, the court sponsored a training program for Parenting Plan Coordinators, conducted by Matthew J. Sullivan, Ph.D., in order to create awareness of the process and to provide training for new Parenting Plan Coordinators.  \nThe revised stipulation was developed as a standard template for use throughout the courts in the county. The interdisciplinary panel consisted of judicial officers, attorneys and mental health professionals.1 The revised stipulation created procedures for filing PPC orders and recommendations with the court and sought to address difficulties in parenting plan coordination that have emerged during the prior decade. Too lengthy to be reproduced in this article, the Los Angeles County stipulation may be accessed at [www.calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/sections/fam](www.calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/sections/fam)law/stipulation.pdf.  \nUnder current California law, a PPC may only be appointed upon stipulation of the parties. The court cannot order parties to seek the services of a PPC. In the prior stipulation that had been in use for about ten years, various provisions of law were cited to try to identify the legal basis for the stipulation, and this was one of the areas that was revised in the current stipulation.  \nThe committee reviewed case authority and law in considering the basis for the PPC stipulation. Briefly, California Constitution, Article VI, Section 1, is the provision of the Constitution that creates judicial power. In that  \nP  \nJudge RobertA. Schnider served as the Supervising Judge of the Family Law Department of the Los Angeles Superior Court 2005-2008, havingbeenassigned to the Family Law Department of the Central Civil Courthouse since 1981. In 2000, he received the Outstanding Jurist Award from the Los Angeles County  \nBar Association and was named the Judicial Office of the Year in 1997 by the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California. Judge Schnider is on the Board of Directors of AFCC, California, He received his JD degree from Boalt Hall, and in practice he was a Certified Family Law Specialist. He frequently lectures at programs and often teaches lawyers and judicial officers.  \nAngus Strachan, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, practices at Lund & Strachan, Inc., in Santa Monica. He has done extensive research in family communication and family therapy at UCLA and in the UK. He mediates and evaluates custody disputes. He has been a promoter of the PPC role in Southern California.  \nMary Lund, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist who does custody evaluations, mediation and family therapy in her Santa Monica practice at Lund & Strachan, Inc. She is on the Board of Directors of AFCC, California, and co-chaired their 2008 California conference. She is a frequent speaker and  \ntrainer on issues in custody cases and alternative dispute resolution.  \n8  \nLynette Berg Robe, a UCLA Law School graduate and UCLA Law Review member, is a Certified Family Law Specialist in practice in Studio City. She is a member of the Family Law Executive Committees of the State Bar and the Los Angeles County Bar Associa","cbCaiePiFPEz6uxd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiePiFPEz6uxd","pdf",573062,6,"English","# Introduction\n## Development of the revised stipulation\n## Consent and appointment under California law\n## Case authority and legal basis","[{\"question\":\"Why was the Parenting Plan Coordinator stipulation revised in Los Angeles County?\",\"answer\":\"The Los Angeles County Bar Association appointed a multi-disciplinary committee to update the PPC stipulation used since about 1995, aiming to address difficulties that had emerged during the prior decade.\"},{\"question\":\"What role does consent play in appointing a PPC under California law?\",\"answer\":\"A PPC may only be appointed upon stipulation of the parties; the court cannot order parties to seek PPC services.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the committee evaluate the legal basis for the revised PPC stipulation?\",\"answer\":\"The committee reviewed California constitutional provisions and case authority, including decisions addressing whether judicial power can be delegated and whether courts may appoint substitutes or special referees.\"}]","Parenting Plan Coordinators—Los Angeles County Family Law Section Revises Its Stipulation | PDF",1790122569]