Standards for Supervised Parenting Time and Exchange Centers in North Dakota

Supervised parenting time (formerly known as visitation) is contact between a child and adult, usually a parent, which takes place in the presence of a third party who is responsible for providing safety for those involved. Supervised parenting time becomes necessary for a variety of reasons, the main reason being that contact with the adult may present a risk for the child or other adult in a child’s life.

NDDSVC’s concern for survivors and their children compels us to establish a set of standards that centers offering these services should consider. These standards offer the minimum requirements needed to provide the highest standard of service and maximum safety to all involved at a reasonable cost. These standards are meant to be a baseline to which all centers are in compliance in an effort to provide safe and consistent services statewide.