My question involves a child custody case from the State of: IL
Our GAL wants to add a "Parenting Coordinator" to my ex's and my conflicted post-decree relationship. I did some research about these parenting coordinators, and in addition to signing away my civil and 4th amendment rights, these seem to be a pretty horrible road to go down. From the website "Liz's Law":
Many, if not most, lawyer parenting coordinators as well as many mental health professionals, notwithstanding their ostensible "training", completely lack psychological insight. That's because it's not a function of academic training. Parenting coordination also is not "co-parenting therapy" (which rarely works anyway -- witness all the mental health professionals lobbying, writing, organizing, promoting, bucking for the authority to be mini-judges and dictators in a "parenting coordination" role.) Most mental health professionals also lack a clue regarding the repercussions in law of their ideas (a more obvious deficit, since they are probably not lawyers), yet these are people supposedly interpreting and "filling in the gaps" in legal documents!
Is it possible to get rid of the GAL at this point? She is supposed to re-write our parenting agreement, but I have not been asked for any input as of yet.
Thank you.

