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Hours

SL 02

Co-parenting

Show up without full custody.

Show up for the hours you have. Logistics in one channel. If a rule is legal, it lives with your lawyer and the order.

Walk this lane

Do this lane in order.

You change lanes. You do not exit. Finish the block, then open the next one.

  1. 01TonightFinish this block, then take the next step.
  2. 02This weekFinish this block, then take the next step.
  3. 03MovesFinish this block, then take the next step.
  4. 04Exchange cardFinish this block, then take the next step.
  5. 05Bag checkFinish this block, then take the next step.
  6. 06Lawyer folderFinish this block, then take the next step.
  7. 07Legal helpFinish this block, then take the next step.
  8. 08Back to the mapThen go back to the mile you are actually on.

Tonight

One channel. Three facts.

No essay. The order stays with your lawyer.

  1. Send the next exchange: day, time, place. Use the one channel you already picked.A pickup that lives in your head becomes a fight at the door.
  2. One fact about school or health, in the teacher's or clinician's words.They can ignore a speech. They should not miss a time.
  3. On your hours, do the meal and the bedtime. The child does not carry a message.They are not the mail.

This week

The list for this week.

Concrete jobs. Not a speech, and not legal, medical, or financial advice.

  1. 01Exchanges and the child’s events on one calendar both adults can see.
  2. 02One calm channel for logistics. Not five threads at midnight.
  3. 03Facts only: school, health, activities. No essay.
  4. 04The child does not carry a message, a mood, or a piece of evidence.
  5. 05On your time: meal, bedtime, homework, the clinician’s note.
  6. 06If you need a ruling, bring the order to a lawyer in your state.

Moves

Concrete moves. Then go back to the mile.

  1. Put the next exchange on a calendar both adults can open: day, time, and which door.Memory is a bad system once two houses are involved.
  2. Pick one channel. If a second thread starts, move the fact back and stop.Five threads at midnight is the fight.
  3. Write the time and the door in one line. No paragraph under it.The other adult can ignore a speech. They should not have to ignore a pickup time.
  4. You send the message. The child does not carry a mood or a piece of evidence.They are not the mail.
  5. On your hours: the meal, the bedtime, the homework, and the note the clinician already wrote.Showing up is the hours, not the highlight reel.
  6. If you need a ruling, bring the order to a lawyer in your state.This page will not interpret a decree.
  7. Write one sentence the school and the clinician will both hear. Say that sentence.Two stories make the child the translator.

A DadLane sheet. Fill the blanks, screenshot it, or print it.

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Write it down

Exchange card

The card is logistics. The order is the lawyer’s. DadLane will not interpret it.

  1. 01ExchangeOne line both adults can open. No paragraph under it.Day, time, place
  2. 02School this weekThe teacher's words. The child does not translate.One fact, not a story
  3. 03HealthCopy the note. Do not invent a dose at the door.What the clinician said, in their words
  4. 04ChannelIf a second thread starts, move the fact back and stop.The one thread you will use
  5. 05Not sendingWrite it here so it stays off the child's phone.The essay you will not write

A DadLane sheet. Fill the blanks, screenshot it, or print it.

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A DadLane sheet. The prompts are ours. Fill the blanks in your own words. Free to print. Not medical, legal, or financial advice.

Bag check

The bag. The meds. The calm.

Fill this before the door. The child does not carry the missing piece, or a message.

  1. 01BagPacked before the door. The child does not hunt for a shirt.Clothes for the days they have
  2. 02MedsThe note travels with the bag. You do not invent a dose at the curb.Where they are. The clinician's note. Not a dose you invent.
  3. 03ComfortOne object they already use. Not a new gift at the exchange.The item that goes with the child
  4. 04SchoolBoth houses repeat the same sentence. The child is not the translator.One fact, in the teacher's words
  5. 05CalmWrite it so you leave it in the car.The sentence you will not say at the door

If the exchange gets loud, stop the card. Call 988 or 911 if someone might get hurt. The order, if there is one, outranks this list.

A DadLane sheet. Fill the blanks, screenshot it, or print it.

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Be the dad who shows up

A DadLane sheet. The prompts are ours. Fill the blanks in your own words. Free to print. Not medical, legal, or financial advice.

Lawyer folder

What to bring to the first meeting.

A folder of facts. The lawyer does the law. DadLane is not a law firm, and this list is not legal advice.

  1. 01OrdersEvery court order you already haveBring the paper. Do not recite it from memory.Case number, court, date
  2. 02DatesThe hearing, the filing, and the deadlineOne missed date can matter more than a speech.Date, time, courthouse
  3. 03ChildWhat the child needs this monthFacts about the child. Not a case against the other adult.School, health, the schedule
  4. 04MoneyPay stubs and the support number you knowGuesses waste the hour.What you earn. What is already ordered.
  5. 05MessagesThe logistics thread, not the whole fightA lawyer can use a calendar. A rant is harder to use.The channel, and three facts
  6. 06QuestionThe one question you need answeredIf you leave without it, write it in the lot.Write it before you sit down

DadLane is not a law firm. This is not legal advice. A lawyer in your state, or a legal aid office, tells you what the order means.

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