SLR 3-8.019: PARENTING TIME COORDINATORS

(1) A Parenting Time Coordinator may be appointed pursuant to ORS 107.425(3). (2) A Parenting Time Coordinator shall have at least one of the following qualifications: a mental health professional, attorney, mediator or court staff personnel with specialized training as a Parenting Time Coordinator or experience as a Parenting Time Coordinator. (3) A “mental health professional” for purposes of this rule is a person with one of the following qualifications: ( a ) Masters, Psy.D or Ph.D degree in psychology, counseling or social work, or equivalent training, experience and education, or ( b ) M.D. with psychiatric specialization. (4) An “attorney” for purposes of this rule is a person with a degree in jurisprudence. (5) A “mediator” for purposes of this rule is a person meeting the requirements of the Oregon Judicial Department Court-Connected Mediator Qualifications Rules, Section 2.2. (6) “Specialized training as a Parenting Time Coordinator” shall include: ( a ) Training required for domestic relations mediators as specified in the Oregon Judicial Department Court - Connected Mediator Qualifications Rules, Section 3.6(1)(b), seminar or graduate level course work in domestic violence, and any other training required by the Court; and ( b ) While actively practicing as a Parenting Time Coordinator, completion of a two hour course on domestic violence per year from a local or nationally recognized organization. During the first year and for every third year thereafter, the training shall be through a local organization. Training through service providers recommended by the Marion County Domestic Violence Council shall be presumed to satisfy this requirement. However, the Court retains final authority to determine what satisfies this requirement. ( c ) (7) Any Parenting Time Coordinator appointed to a case involving parents of a different culture than his or her own shall have an affirmative duty to educate himself or herself about the norms and values of that culture prior to conducting any substantive work on the case. (8) A person who does not meet the requirements of subsection (2) may act as a Parenting Time Coordinator if he or she has other qualifications deemed by the Court to be sufficient to act as a Parenting Time Coordinator in a given case. For example, an M.D. wi th pediatric specialization may be qualified depending on his or her background and experience.