Pricing & Services

custody evaluation

Sliding Scale Offered
The evaluation is conducted in three phases, the last two of which are optional. A total of $8,400 is due prior to the start of services, half of which will be held as a refundable retainer for Phase II. If a full custody settlement is achieved within 14 days of the feedback session, the Parties will receive a $4,200 refund.

phase I

Flat Fee: $4,200 — Investigation and Feedback. This non-refundable flat fee covers time spent interviewing, observing, reviewing documents and clerical work culminating in a feedback conference with the parties and their counsel.

Phase II

Flat Fee: $4,200 — Report Writing. If the parties do not reach a custody settlement after Phase I, a full written report of the investigation and recommendations will be issued for a flat fee. 

phase iii

Flat Fee: $1,200 — Court Testimony or Deposition. This fee includes preparation time, travel time, and up to one full day of testimony.

BRIEF FOCUSED ASSESSMENT

$225/hour — assessment of a discrete, limited in scope set of parenting issues as defined by order of the Judicial Officer. 

parenting consultant

Sliding Scale Offered
Retainer: $5,000

PC $225/hour — assisting parents in resolving disputes regarding their children, under order of appointment by the Court.

Interim PC: $225/hour — a limited scope appointment on an interim basis during the intervening period prior to the final Judgment and Decree court order; resolving parenting issues involving access schedules, communications, discipline, extra curricular activities, schooling, and similar.

Guardian ad litem

Retainer: $2,000

$225/hour — present written reports which advocate for the best interests of the child during judicial proceedings, based on an objective, independent assessment of the situation. 

Testimony: $225/hour 

parenting time SUPPORTIVE supervision

$112.50/hour, 2 hour minimum —by attorney referral only: court ordered, short-term supportive supervision of parenting time in the community or home setting.

parenting coaching

$112.50/hour —by attorney referral only: supportive coaching for parenting during family court litigation.