Custody and parenting time
A parenting plan built from your children's real week
Custody isn't won in a sentence. It's built from school runs, handoffs, holidays and the phone call at bedtime.
We start with the children's week as it is now: who drives, who's home after school, where they sleep before a big game. From that we draft a plan both parents can live with, and ask the court to approve it. When parents can't agree, we prepare the case for a judge, with the children's routine at the center of it. Old plans can be changed too, when a child grows, a parent moves, or the schedule stops working.
Every custody fee covers
A draft parenting plan, in plain words
Holiday and summer schedules
Calls and emails along the way
Filing and serving the papers
Mediation sessions the court orders
Step by step
How a custody case moves
- 01
Your children's week
On the first call, we map the schedule as it really is.
- 02
A written quote
A flat fee for the plan or the change you need.
- 03
A draft plan
We write it, you read it, and we change it until it's right.
- 04
Mediation
Most courts ask parents to try mediation first. We prepare you for it.
- 05
A hearing, if needed
If you still disagree, we take the plan to a judge, quoted first.
- 06
The order
Once signed, we send you a one-page summary for the fridge.
Questions we hear
Will my children have to go to court?
Rarely. Judges usually hear about children from their parents, and sometimes from an evaluator. We'll tell you early if that might happen.
Can we change an old parenting plan?
Yes, when circumstances have changed. Many of our clients come back years after a divorce for exactly this.
What if the other parent wants to move away?
Relocation has its own rules and deadlines. Call us as soon as you hear about it.
Do you work with parents who were never married?
Yes. The parenting plan and support work the same way, with a few extra papers at the start.
Bring us your family's week
A free 30-minute call to talk through the schedule you have and the one you need.
A first call doesn't make us your lawyers; a signed engagement letter does.