Prepare for your custody case.
Know your options. Build a parenting plan. Walk into court prepared. Loop in a lawyer to guide you.
From first filing to final order
Inhouse executes every step, from your first filing to a final parenting plan.
Understand your
custody options
- Legal and physical custody, schedules and how courts weigh the child’s best interests
- Which state can decide your case, and what to do if the other parent moves
Build a parenting
plan that works
- Weekly schedules, holidays, school breaks and exchanges, written for your family
- Rules for decisions, expenses, phones and changes, so fewer things end in conflict
File for custody
or a change
- A petition or motion to modify, with a declaration that tells your side clearly
- Responses to their filings, and the forms your court requires
Get ready for
mediation and court
- Your timeline, texts and records, organized as exhibits for the judge
- A hearing outline, witness preparation and a mediation statement
Pricing
Two ways to prepare
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Inhouse AI
Inhouse drafts your filings and helps you prepare for court.
- Advice on custody options and your state’s rules
- Parenting plan, petition, declaration and hearing outline
- Checklist of forms, filing steps and court dates
- Step-by-step help to file, respond and prepare
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What we
see go wrong
Cheap to avoid before court. Expensive to fix later.
Tying parenting time to child support
Courts treat time and support as separate. One parent’s text linking a visit to late support became a problem before the hearing.
Sending messages you would not want a judge to read
Co-parenting messages often end up as exhibits. Keep each one short, calm and about the children, and keep your own copy.
Moving without checking your order’s notice rules
Many states set a distance that triggers formal notice. Even below it, check your order and tell the other parent in writing.
Filing in a state that may not have the case
Custody usually belongs to the child’s home state. File where the court has the power to decide, or you may have to start over.
Giving up custody to fix a short-term problem
A voluntary transfer is hard to undo and can be used against you later. One parent asked the court to change the schedule instead.
Cropping texts in a way that changes their meaning
Judges notice missing context. Crop screenshots only where the meaning stays the same, and keep every full thread.
Results
Real examples of how we’ve helped parents prepare.
A father turned four co-parenting standoffs into calm, written replies.
His co-parent refused fall sports, summer time and joint therapy. Inhouse drafted replies for their co-parenting app that cite the doctors’ advice and the children’s wishes, and offer to split costs and drive.
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replies drafted for the co-parenting app
Sports, therapy, insurance and summer
When the other parent talked of moving the case to New Mexico, he learned what to file to keep it.
After two months with no schedule, she asked in writing for one, and for half of a $75 bill.
It’s hard to undo. We explained the effects on parent-time and support, and drafted a motion to change the schedule instead.
Ten additions, from a fuller holiday schedule to a way to settle disagreements and shared costs.
A declaration supporting the request to change custody and support, with her proposed schedule.
First, what your order says, the move date and any hearing already set. Those shape the objection.
Usually the children’s home state decides. We drafted the declaration, memorandum and proposed order he asked for.
A calm reply that proposes a place and dates, written knowing it may become an exhibit.
A written objection to the mediator, plus a notice asking your therapist to protect your records.
Carefully. Tying parenting time to support looks bad, and screenshots can be cropped only if the meaning stays.
A direct-examination outline for her testimony and edits to her declaration.
A reply citing the doctors and the kids’ wishes, offering to split costs and drive.
Related documents
Parenting plan
Schedules, holidays and decisions, in writing.
Co-parent message
Say it once, calmly, in writing.
Declaration
Tell the court your side, under oath.
Custody petition
Ask the court to set custody.
Motion to modify
Ask to change an order that no longer fits.
Hearing outline
Know what you’ll say before you walk in.
Proposed order
Give the judge an order ready to sign.
Evidence file
Texts, records and photos, organized.
Timeline of events
What happened and when, date by date.
Mediation statement
Make your case to the mediator in one page.
Witness and exhibit list
Line up your witnesses and proof.
Holiday schedule
Split holidays and breaks with no guesswork.
Relocation objection
Object to a move that affects your time.
Address change notice
Tell the other parent about a move.
Jurisdiction declaration
Show why this state should decide.
Motion for continuance
Move a hearing you can’t make.