In re the Marriage of Heinonen

This case involves a dispute between parents over parenting time with the parties’ children by father, the noncustodial parent. Mother appeals from a 1998 judgment modifying a 1995 stipulated judgment. The judgment on appeal continues to incorporate a stipulated agreement by the parties in which they authorized a designated person, rather than the court, to decide visitation disputes. In their agreement, the parties have labeled the designee as the “specialist.” Mother argues on appeal that the trial court erred in granting father’s request to continue the specialist’s appointment, because a…