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Healthy Co-Parenting: How a Co-Parenting Specialist Can Help With Child Custody Mediation and Parenting Plans
Published Oct 22, 2026 by Melissa Wheeler Farag, at Divorced Girl Smiling
Read the full article at Divorced Girl SmilingHealthy co-parenting has always been a priority for me when it comes to my clients. That’s why over the course of 2024 and 2025, I completed specialized training to earn my Co-Parenting Specialist (CoPS) designation.
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