A monitored child exchange occurs when one parent transfers the child to the other parent as part of a custody or visitation agreement, often for an overnight during the week or for weekend visitation. Transfers are all documented by trained family monitors who will identify what times were the exchanges, the conditions of the children, what transpired during the exchange, i.e., children’s emotional attitudes, parents’ apparent and spoken concerns and attitudes. Signatures are required and times noted including tardiness and no shows. Observations by monitors and comments made by parents are documented as well.

Recommendations for Attorneys and Pro Se Parent Parties

For appropriately supervised visitation, it is important that the parties have a court order. We have found that court orders frequently lack clarification for visitation including:

• who is responsible for the intake fee;
• Who is responsible for service fees;
• when will visitation be scheduled;
• how frequently shall the visitation occur;
• a maximum number of hours.

Given these and other variables, we recommend that counsel consider our template which includes these and other details. Upon review, counsel is welcome to use and modify this to apply to their concerns for clients.

Click here for “Court Order For Supervised Visitation” template.

Please know that each party need to consider that the Toby Center is responsible for the physical and emotional safety of both parents and children. Therefore, the Toby Center staff will consider all requests from the parties and or court order, but we will need to make the final determination of location, time, frequency based on our experience and background understanding of the clients including age and capacity of the children.

If you may have any questions, please contact the Toby Center Program Director.

The Visitation Program Director is also available to speak at your Bar Association of other Professional Association to explain any aspect of supervised visitation.