Family: Parenting Coordinator Program

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Legal Aid of North Carolina

In Wake County the court has adopted the Parenting Coordinator Program to help resolve high conflict custody disputes.
In North Carolina a high conflict case is one in which the parents show one or more of the following factors:
1. Excessive litigation
2. Anger
3. Verbal abuse
4. Physical aggression or threats of physical aggression
5. Difficulty communicating about or cooperating with one another
6. Other conditions that the judge believes justify the appointment of a Parenting Coordinator (PC).