MN SF4039

Parenting consultants must be qualified as either a parenting time expeditor or a licensed marriage and family therapist under Minnesota law

Parenting consultants serve as neutral third parties to help resolve parenting time disputes and implementation issues but cannot modify custody orders or change parenting time percentages

Either party may discharge a parenting consultant through written notice filed with the court; courts may also discharge consultants who are not serving the child's best interest

Parenting consultant decisions are explicitly non-binding on parties and courts under the new subdivision added by this bill

All evidence, evaluations, and recommendations from parenting consultants are inadmissible in family court proceedings under this chapter