Self-Serve tier

Spousal support / alimony analysis covering temporary, rehabilitative, durational, bridge-the-gap, and permanent alimony types under state-specific statutes (CA, NY, FL, TX) with TCJA tax-treatment overlay.

Best-interests-of-the-child custody analysis under state factor statutes, with Troxel v. Granville parental-rights presumption overlay for any third-party visitation challenge.

Closely-held business valuation analysis for divorce, choosing the right standard of value (fair market vs. fair value vs. investment value), applying minority and marketability discounts, and handling personal vs. enterprise goodwill.

Marital property classification and division analysis covering the 41 equitable-distribution states vs. 9 community-property states; cites state enactments, transmutation, commingling, and active vs. passive appreciation doctrines.

Hague Convention on International Child Abduction analysis under ICARA (22 USC §9001), covering the prima facie case, 1-year settlement defense, grave-risk defense, and Article 13 mature-child objection.

Military retired-pay division under the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA), Mansell v. Mansell preemption of disability-waiver pay, and the 10/10 jurisdictional and direct-payment rule.

Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) drafting for ERISA defined-benefit and defined-contribution plans, including shared-payment vs. separate-interest, survivor benefit elections, and federal employee CSRS / FERS COAP variants.

Premarital and marital agreement enforceability analysis under the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act (UPAA 1983) and Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act (UPMAA 2012), with state-overlay scrutiny for unconscionability, disclosure, and voluntariness.

Custodial-parent relocation analysis under state-specific frameworks (Tropea NY, LaMusga CA, Florida statutory) with burden allocation, best-interest factor application, and proposed-move evidentiary build.

Stock option and RSU division for divorce using time-rule formulas (Hug, Nelson, marriage-coverture), allocating between marital and separate property based on grant purpose and vesting period.

UCCJEA home-state, exclusive continuing, and temporary emergency jurisdiction analysis for divorce / custody counsel handling interstate or international child-custody disputes; cites Uniform Act 1997 + 28 USC §1738A PKPA + state enactments.

UIFSA controlling-order, registration, and modification analysis for interstate child-support cases under the 2008/2020 amendments + 28 USC §1738B FFCCSOA, including Convention Support Order recognition.

Audit attorney-as-mediator dual-role engagements under ABA Model Rule 2.4 (lawyer serving as third-party neutral), Rule 1.12 (former arbitrator / mediator may not later represent), Rule 1.7 (concurrent conflicts), and ABA / state ethics opinions; flag drafting-the-MSA, post-media

Distinguish binding vs. non-binding family-law arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (9 USC § 1 et seq.), Revised Uniform Arbitration Act (RUAA), and AAA Family Law Arbitration Rules; map child-custody-arbitrability limits, FAA preemption boundaries, vacatur grounds (§ 10

Audit a collaborative divorce participation agreement under the Uniform Collaborative Law Act (UCLA 2009) / Uniform Collaborative Law Rules and Act (UCLR/A 2010) — disqualification clause, informed-consent disclosures, neutral expert architecture, mandatory DV screening, evidenti

Map mediation confidentiality and evidentiary privilege under the Uniform Mediation Act (UMA §§ 4-6), state overlays (Cal. Evid. Code §§ 1115-1128, Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. § 154.073), Federal Rule of Evidence 408, and waiver / crime-fraud / DV exceptions; flag dual-mediator-attorn

Map court-ordered mediation regimes for divorce / custody — mandatory-attendance triggers (Cal. Fam. § 3170, Fla. Fam. L. R. 12.740, Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. § 154.022), DV-screening overrides, attendance / authority-to-settle requirements, and contempt / sanction exposure for non-

Build the pre-mediation financial-disclosure protocol — preliminary and final declarations of disclosure (Cal. Fam. Code §§ 2104-2105 + Judicial Council Form FL-140 / FL-141 / FL-142 / FL-150 / FL-160), state analog, IRS supporting docs, and net-worth statement (NY DRL § 236(B))

Diagnose mediation impasse, distinguish principled from bad-faith deadlock, and assess sanction exposure under court-ordered-mediation rules (FRCP 16, state analogs) and ABA Model Standards II/VI; map mediator's reporting authority and the scope of "good-faith participation" duti

Triage a Mediated Settlement Agreement (MSA) for enforceability under the Uniform Mediation Act (UMA), state writing/signature/notarization formalities, and contract-law defenses (duress, unconscionability, mutual mistake, fraud); flag pre-signing review window and disclosure-com

Draft or audit a mediated parenting plan against the controlling state's best-interests-of-the-child statute (Cal. Fam. § 3011, NY DRL § 240, Fla. § 61.13, Tex. Fam. § 153.002), AFCC guidelines, and special-circumstance overlays (relocation, virtual visitation, military parent, s

Mediate post-decree modification petitions for custody, support, and spousal support — apply the substantial-change-in-circumstances standard (Burchard, Marriage of Brown, state analogs), build a mediation track that complies with court-ordered-mediation rules, and translate medi

Conduct a mediator-grade domestic-violence and coercive-control screen prior to and during divorce mediation, identify power imbalances that defeat self-determination under ABA Standard I, and decide whether to terminate, restructure (shuttle / co-mediation / advocate-supported),

Draft or audit an order appointing a special master / discovery referee in a high-conflict divorce — scope, fee allocation, due-process safeguards, FRCP 53 / state analog compliance, and post-appointment review standards (de novo for legal conclusions, clear-error or abuse-of-dis