Judiciary self-help
Your state's family-law self-help landing pages and court information sources.
50 states + DC
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.
One edition per state/DC
Official-source links
Dated snapshot
$29
Research map, not answer key
Compass tells you where to verify. It does not tell you what result applies to your facts.
Family-law rules live 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 →
$29
one-time · instant download · your state's edition
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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What each state edition maps
Seven 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The goal is to help you begin from official sources instead of search-engine fragments, secondary summaries, or outdated blog posts.
Court rules
Where procedural rules live, including the source to check before relying on a deadline.
Statutory code
The official place to find state statutes, custody factors, support references, and related law.
Court forms
Official form libraries, packets, and judiciary pages for family-law filings.
Fees and calculators
Filing-fee sources and official child-support calculator links where available.
Help resources
Legal-aid, bar-referral, court-help, or other official resource pages for finding human help.
Why Compass is cautious by design
Compiled answers go stale. Source maps teach you where to look.
Safe
Allowed: where the rule lives
Compass can say where to find the official source and what kind of source it is: statute, rule, form, calculator, court page, or self-help resource.
Unsafe
Not included: your legal answer
Compass does not calculate your deadline, apply a custody factor to your facts, or tell you what to file.
Verify
You check the source before relying on it
Each edition is a dated snapshot. Court rules and forms can change, so the final step is always verification at the official source.
Best with a Trial Notebook
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 lives so you can read and verify it yourself. Legal information, not legal advice.
