Situations
Patterns beat one bad night.
Same-day entries. Scheduled vs actual. Exhibit next to the line. Today shows 90-day counts. Packets group entries so an attorney can skim.
One bad night is a story. Forty dated entries with the same fields is a record. Log the ordinary days alongside the hard ones, keep the wording neutral, and let the dates carry the weight. They never get a login and cannot edit what you wrote.
What makes a pattern hold
- Same day
- Contemporaneous entries carry more weight than a summary written later.
- Same fields
- Scheduled, actual, how you were told, facts, what you did next.
- Ordinary days too
- Mark the uneventful exchanges. It shows a record, not a campaign.
- Neutral labels
- Late exchange, denied call, withheld holiday. Not name-calling.
- Counts
- Lates and no-shows over the last 90 days, with the hours.
- Two pages
- A caption, a chronology, an exhibit index. The rest is for your attorney.
In the appToday shows the 90-day counts. Ready packets → Hearing packet prints the short version.
Scout is free. The other parent never gets a login.
Questions parents ask
What do judges want to see?
Facts and patterns: dated entries made at the time, in consistent form, short enough to read.
How far back should I go?
Keep everything, but lead with the last 90 days. Recent and consistent beats long and scattered.
Will this make my case?
No tool can promise that. It keeps a clean record so your attorney can decide how to use it.
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Custody Ninja is a documentation tool. It is not a law firm and this page is not legal advice. Talk to an attorney about your order and your case.
Custody Ninja is a documentation tool. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.