Steadycase Compass
A state-specific official-source research map for family court. Compass helps you start from the right court, code, form, fee, calculator, and self-help sources so you can verify the current rule yourself.
Compass tells you where to verify. It does not tell you what result applies to your facts.
Family-law rules are published in different places in every jurisdiction: statutes, court rules, judiciary pages, local forms, fee schedules, calculators, self-help centers, and legal-aid resources. Compass organizes those starting points for your state.
View 4 sample pages from Maryland →System requirements: Compass is delivered as a PDF. Use a modern PDF reader and a device or browser that can open downloaded PDF files. You will also need internet access to follow official-source links.
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A short walkthrough of the idea behind Compass: family court runs on official sources, every state keeps them in a different place, and a Compass edition is the map to your state's.
- What the six official-source categories cover
- Why every entry is dated, and what that means for you
- Where the built-in source log fits your own research
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Search for your state’s custody rules, and this is what comes back... ads, other states, pages that only look official. Why is it this hard to find your own state’s rules? The real sources exist. They’re just scattered — rules in one place, forms in another, calculators somewhere else. The Steadycase Compass maps where your state actually publishes them. A research map... not an answer key. Every link goes to the official source — so you check the rules yourself, and write them into your own notebook. Wherever your case is... start at the official source. The Compass for your state is at getsteadycase.com.
Six official-source categories, organized for verification.
The goal is to help you begin from official sources instead of search-engine fragments, secondary summaries, or outdated blog posts.
Compiled answers go stale. Source maps teach you where to look.
Compass fills the State Rules gap.
The Trial Notebook workbooks deliberately require users to enter state-specific rules and sources. Compass exists to make that step safer and less chaotic by pointing you to official places to verify.
What it deliberately is not. Compass does not hand you compiled deadlines, numbers, or legal conclusions. It shows where the current source is published so you can read and verify it yourself. Legal information, not legal advice.
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