Working document
The separation binder setup checklist
A working checklist for the four stages of a separation engagement, written for the coach or mediator who has to keep the documents, the dates and the decisions in one place.
Free resources
Resources for divorce coaches and family mediators
Free working tools for the practical side of separation work, the pricing arithmetic, the tracking load, the software choice and the binder setup itself.
Everything on this page is built for the practitioner rather than the client. The calculators run on your own numbers, the comparisons name real alternatives and say plainly which sort of practice each one suits, and the checklist is a document you can work down with a new client this week.
The written guidance lives in The Divorce Practice, our magazine on scope, ethics, documents, deadlines and the economics of a separation practice. The resources here are the tools that go with it, which is a deliberate split: read there, calculate and organize here.
Free tools
Calculators for divorce coaches and family mediators
Two working calculators for the two numbers that quietly decide whether a separation practice holds together, your real hourly rate and your real deadline load.
Comparisons
How TransitionBinder Compares
Three fair comparisons for coaches and mediators deciding where the client document pile, the deadline list and the decision record should actually live.
Main guide
What are the deadlines in a typical US divorce case that I need to track for my client?
It settles which dates in a US divorce a coach or mediator can reliably watch, when to check each one, and which are somebody else's job.
Magazine
The Divorce Practice
Working guidance for divorce coaches and family mediators on scope, ethics, documents, deadlines and the economics of a separation practice.
About
Who writes all of this
Who writes The Divorce Practice, what running separation engagements taught her about document piles and disclosure deadlines, and how to reach her directly.
Take the material and use it
Work down the checklist with a client next week and never speak to us again; that is a perfectly good outcome and the reason it is free. If you would rather not rebuild those four sections by hand on every new separation, a demo shows the same structure already made, with the attorney summary assembling itself as the case runs. Ask for one whenever it suits your week.