Are a parenting coordinator's decisions confidential, or can they be used later in court?

This depends significantly on how the parenting coordination agreement is drafted, since confidentiality in this context isn't governed by one fixed rule the way some other processes are. Many agreements draw a distinction between the coordinator's underlying process, discussions, and reasoning, which are often treated as confidential to encourage open communication, and the coordinator's actual written decisions on specific issues, which may be treated differently and could potentially be relied on later if a related dispute ends up in court.

Because parents can have very different interests here, one may want strong confidentiality to encourage candid conversations, while the other may want the ability to point to a coordinator's decision later as evidence of a pattern or an established resolution, this is a provision worth negotiating deliberately rather than accepting standard language without thinking it through. It's also worth checking whether the agreement carves out exceptions, for example around safety concerns, where confidentiality wouldn't apply regardless of the general rule. Getting a family lawyer to review this specific term before signing avoids surprises later.