Can a family court order supervised exchanges when there is a documented history of coercive control?

Yes. Where there's a documented history of coercive control, a family court can order that parenting time exchanges happen in a supervised or structured way — for example, through a third-party exchange service, at a neutral public location, or with a support person present — specifically to reduce the opportunity for continued control, intimidation, or conflict during handovers. This is a common and flexible tool courts use precisely because family violence, including coercive control, is a named factor in the best-interests-of-the-child analysis.

The specific conditions ordered depend on the evidence: a court might require a neutral drop-off location, exchanges through a school or daycare, a structured exchange service, or supervision by a third party, tailored to the actual risk shown rather than a one-size-fits-all condition. Because these arrangements need to be specific to be effective and enforceable, anyone seeking supervised exchanges should come to court with clear evidence of the pattern of coercive control and a concrete proposal for how exchanges should work going forward.