START HERE IF YOU ARE NOT SURE
Two decisions choose your notebook.
First choose the subject matter: custody, full divorce, or financial divorce. Then choose how you want to work: a spreadsheet with automation or a fillable PDF built for paper.
Compass is the optional third choice. Buy the official-source map for your state on its own for $29, or add it for $20 through the offer that appears right after any notebook checkout.
SPREADSHEET
Automation
Excel and Google Sheets with formulas, dropdowns, deadline calculations, and final Checks.
PRINT EDITION
Paper-first
Fillable PDF pages for typing or handwriting, with an included Continuation Pack.
THE COMPLETE DECISION
Case type first. Working format second. Compass if useful.
01
What issues are in the case?
—Custody only: Custody Trial Notebook
—Divorce with minor children: Full Divorce Trial Notebook
—Divorce without minor children: Financial Divorce Trial Notebook
02
How do you want to work?
—Spreadsheet Edition: calculations, dropdowns, sortable rows, automated Checks
—Print Edition: familiar pages, handwriting, simple PDF fields, court-binder layout
03
Do you want the state-source map?
Steadycase Compass locates official rules, forms, fees, calculators, and self-help sources for your state. $29 on its own, or $20 through the add-on offer right after any notebook checkout.
THE FAST ANSWER
Pick the description that matches your case.
Every result includes both available formats. You are not being sent automatically to the spreadsheet edition.
CUSTODY ONLY
No divorce property or alimony issues
Choose the Custody notebook for parenting schedules, communications, best-interest factors, discovery, exhibits, witnesses, deadlines, and requested custody terms.
MOST COMPLETE
Divorce involving minor children
Choose Full Divorce for custody issues plus property, debts, accounts, income, support, discovery, witnesses, exhibits, deadlines, and divorce relief.
PROPERTY AND ALIMONY
Divorce without minor children
Choose Financial Divorce for property, debts, accounts, income, alimony, discovery, witnesses, exhibits, deadlines, and requested relief.
THE FORMAT DECISION
Spreadsheet or Print Edition?
The subject matter stays the same. The difference is what the file does for you and how you interact with it.
QUESTION
SPREADSHEET EDITION
PRINT EDITION
I want formulas and automatic checks.
Best choice
Not included
I am comfortable with Excel or Google Sheets.
Designed for this
Not required
Spreadsheets make it harder for me to get started.
May add friction
Designed to remove that barrier
I want to write by hand or work in a physical binder.
Possible after printing
Best choice
I want to sort rows and keep expanding tables.
Best choice
Use continuation sheets
I want pages already composed for US Letter printing.
Print from the workbook
Designed page by page
I want to work offline.
Excel version works offline
PDF or paper works offline
I want the lower-priced version.
$69 focused / $99 full
$49 focused / $69 full
COMPLETE CATALOG
Every product, file set, and price.
This table includes all six notebook choices plus Steadycase Compass. Quick Guides, Courtroom Practice, and the free starter guides follow the table.
PRODUCT
CASE TYPE
FORMAT
PRICE
AUTOMATION
INCLUDED FILES
BEST FOR
Custody Trial Notebook
Custody only
Spreadsheet
$69
Formulas + Checks
Excel, Google Sheets, manual, Getting Started
Computer-based tracking and frequent updates
Custody Trial Notebook
Custody only
Print Edition
$49
None
150-page fillable PDF + 102-page pack
Paper binder, handwriting, or simple PDF fields
Full Divorce Trial Notebook
Divorce with minor children
Spreadsheet
$99
Formulas + Checks
Excel, Google Sheets, manual, Getting Started
Custody and financial issues with automation
Full Divorce Trial Notebook
Divorce with minor children
Print Edition
$69
None
155-page fillable PDF + 112-page pack
Comprehensive paper-first divorce binder
Financial Divorce Trial Notebook
Divorce without minor children
Spreadsheet
$69
Formulas + Checks
Excel, Google Sheets, manual, Getting Started
Financial tracking with automation
Financial Divorce Trial Notebook
Divorce without minor children
Print Edition
$49
None
131-page fillable PDF + 102-page pack
Paper-first property and alimony preparation
Steadycase Compass
Any supported family-law case
State-specific PDF
$29 alone / $20 offered after notebook checkout
No calculations
One state or DC official-source research map
Locating rules, forms, fees, calculators, and self-help sources
—Notebook formats are separate products.
—Print Editions are digital downloads, not mailed books.
—Compass is optional and is a separate order offered after checkout.
MORE FROM STEADYCASE
Compass, Quick Guides, Courtroom Practice, and free starter guides.
STATE-SPECIFIC PDF
Steadycase Compass
A 50-state plus DC official-source research map for self-represented family-law litigants. Each edition covers one state or DC and locates official rules, forms, fees, calculators, and self-help sources.
QUICK GUIDES
Two focused guides for two different moments in a custody case
One explains the standard courts use. The other helps you make sense of a scheduled court event. Both are national legal information in downloadable PDFs.
See both Quick Guides
FREE BROWSER GAME
Steadycase Courtroom Practice
Fictional testimony, one line at a time. The player decides: object, pick the ground, or let it stand. The game is free to play with nothing to install. Three one-time packs are sold from the game site, and each unlock code redeems in the game on any device. General legal education with fictional scenarios, not legal advice. Rules and practice vary by court.
FREE STARTER GUIDE
Family Court Prep Field Guide
A practical starter guide for collecting the documents, dates, and organizational tasks that tend to scatter when a case starts moving quickly.
ALSO FREE
Document Everything Method
The five-field log, screenshot-to-full-thread rule, and two-pile sort. A starter habit for keeping every file findable.
STILL UNDECIDED?
Choose the format you are most likely to keep using.
The spreadsheet has more automation. The Print Edition has less technical friction. A tool with more features is not more useful if those features keep you from opening it.