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I thank Rodney L. Lowman for his extensive editorial assistance and Robert J. Resnick for his helpful comments. I also thank legal interns Jodi Nadler, Neela Agarwalla, Todd M. Krim, and Eric Harris, who provided valuable legal research and input for this chapter.

In this chapter, we describe the development of a parenting coordination program within the District of Columbia court system (hereafter the DC Program). The DC Program is unique in that it involved the collaboration of a number of interested organizations, used advanced graduate students to deliver the services, and was later adopted by the court as the first permanent parenting coordination office: the Office of the Parenting Coordinator (OPC). We describe the origin and development of the program, review its initial years, and discuss its transition from a grant-supported project to the court-funded OPC. In addition, we discuss the development of similar programs in other states and countries and review the lessons learned from the project.

Vor example, Maryland's Patient Access Act Wnnotated Code of M a y h n d , 1997) is a free-standing managed care law, whereas New Hampshire's law UVew Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated, 1997) amends an existing managed care law-the state's HMO law.

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