Form 27: Request to File a Determination of Parenting Coordinator
Use Form 27 to file a parenting coordinator’s written decision with the court so it may be enforced.
Attach the actual written determination. If your parenting coordinator was appointed by agreement, check whether the underlying agreement must also be filed using Form 26. Filing is not the same as asking for enforcement.
When does Form 27 apply?
Use this request when you already have a determination made by a parenting coordinator under section 18 of the Family Law Act and want to file a copy in Provincial Court. It does not appoint a parenting coordinator, ask one to make a new decision, or allow the coordinator to rewrite the underlying parenting order. The determination must fall within the coordinator’s lawful authority.
Step-by-step: complete and file Form 27
- Find your case’s registry and court file number, if available. Confirm with the registry where the determination should be filed.
- Enter your full name and birth date, the other party’s details and any additional party identified in the determination.
- Enter the date of the signed written determination exactly as it appears on the document. Attach the determination itself.
- Indicate whether the parenting coordinator acted under a written agreement or a court order, and enter the agreement/order date and the parties as the form requires.
- If the authority came from a written agreement, check the form’s instruction to file that agreement using Form 26 as well.
- Provide an address for service and contact details; review that the information may be seen by the other party and court. Submit the form and attached documents to the correct registry, and keep the accepted copy.
What filing changes — and what it does not
Under Family Law Act section 18(5), the determination binds the parties, and once filed can be enforced as if it were a court order, subject to section 19. Filing does not automatically schedule a hearing or mean a judge has approved every part of the determination. A parenting coordinator cannot make decisions outside the limits of the agreement, order, statute or regulations.
To enforce, change or set aside a filed determination
Rule 135(b) uses Form 29 — Application About Enforcement for enforcement and for applications to change or set aside a filed determination. Section 19 of the Family Law Act limits when the court can change or set aside a determination: for example, when the coordinator acted outside authority or made an error of law or mixed law and fact. This is not a general second chance to have any disagreement reheard from scratch.
Worked example
Two guardians used a parenting coordinator under an existing parenting order. The coordinator issues a signed written determination about the agreed implementation details. A guardian completes Form 27 and attaches the written determination. Because the coordinator’s authority arose from a court order in this example, the guardian identifies that order and its date on Form 27. If the coordinator had instead been appointed by a written agreement, the agreement would also need to be filed using Form 26. Later non-compliance may call for a separate Form 29 application, not simply another Form 27.
Avoid these mistakes
Do not attach an unsigned discussion draft in place of the determination. Do not use Form 27 for a brand-new parenting schedule. Check the originating agreement or order carefully, and do not assume filing makes an out-of-scope determination valid. Always use the current prescribed PDF.
Official sources
- Official BC government Form 27 (PDF)
- BC Provincial Court Family Rules — Rule 133; Rule 135; Family Law Act ss. 15, 18–19
- Province of BC: Provincial family forms library
- Family Law Act — sections 15, 18 and 19
Primary-source cross-check: October 13, 2026. Targeted form guide review, not a legal certification of every possible exception or later amendment.