Bower v. Bournay-Bower

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that referral to parent coordinator exceeded court’s inherent authority where referral occurred “in lieu of a hearing and ruling on the parties’ contempt complaints”
• concluding that “the appointment in this case exceeded the bounds of that authority by granting the parent coordinator binding decision-making authority without the consent of a party”
• recognizing the benefits of a parenting coordinator for these same purposes
• recognizing the benefits of a parenting coordinator for these same purposes
• \courts possess inherent power to 'manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases'\ [citation omitted]
• judge may not order parties to submit resolution of conflict to parent coordinator

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).