I spent 8 years in the court system. First the divorce, then the custody battle, then motion after motion. One trial alone was 8 days with 40 witnesses.
I walked out with 50/50 and a parenting plan that said we had to keep talking and working together. We hadn’t talked and worked together yet. It was built for people that get along.
Everybody told me, “Once the ink is dry, it’ll get better.” It didn’t.
That vague plan was my ex’s playground. I was in constant contact, always asking permission, always asking what time worked.
We didn’t celebrate Easter that year.
My plan said “alternating holidays.”
It never said who had which year. It never said what time it started. So my ex kept the kids.
When there’s nothing in writing… it didn’t happen.
I went back to court over it and lost another Easter. That’s why I do this.
I started by helping friends and family while I was still in court. 10 years and 5,000+ plans later, my team and I write every plan for the ex you actually have, with all the hindsight I wish I’d had.
I’m direct. You might not like what I tell you today. But 3 years from now you’re gonna go,
“Oh, THAT’S what Sam meant.”