How it works

Five steps, in the order you will actually do them.

Decide, compare, close, gather, hand off. The first three are the two of you and your phones. The last two are what somebody else needs from you before they can help.

1 · Decide

Answer on your own, one question at a time.

Each card gives the question, why it matters, and what a New York court does if you never agree. You pick one answer or skip for now. The other person cannot see yours until they have answered.

DRL 240 · DRL 236(B)

Open the Demo

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Holidays · 4 of 13

Tier A

How do winter school breaks alternate?

Uma's answer shows the moment yours is in.

Winter break spans two holidays and travel. Naming the pattern now removes a yearly negotiation later.

Split the break at Christmas Day each year.

Alternate the whole break yearly, Vic has even years.

Keep the regular schedule through the break.

If you never agree, New York courts commonly...+

DRL 240(1)

Snooze

Save answer

Sample matter · Uma and Vic Delacroix · not real people

2 · Compare

See where you already agree.

A matching pair settles itself. A differing pair is drawn as Different, never as an error, with both positions in the same order for both of you. Closest first.

Nothing is scored

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Compare

ListDeck

Settled 61Different 14Waiting 21

Weeknight schedule

Settled

Uma
2-2-3 rotation, handoff after school.

Vic
2-2-3 rotation, handoff after school.

Who keeps the dogs

Different

Uma
Biscuit and Pepper stay together, with me.

Vic
Dogs follow Nell on the schedule.

College savings

Waiting

Sample matter · Uma and Vic Delacroix · not real people

3 · Close

Take the other answer, or hold it for the table.

The pile of questions where one of you would accept the other’s answer has never been asked out loud. Here it is one tap. What neither would accept goes on the agenda for your next sit-down.

Meetings run one item at a time

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Uma proposes

Alternate winter break yearly, Vic has even years.

Holidays · proposed Mar 09

Confirm

Decline with a note

Confirming settles this for both of you.

Sample matter · Uma and Vic Delacroix · not real people

4 · Gather

Documents and figures against a checklist.

W-0 lists what paper exists and what is missing. Every figure you enter names who set it and from what statement. The worksheets compute child support and maintenance from your own numbers.

CSSA · DRL 240(1-b) · DRL 236(B)(6)

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Accounts

Under Vic

Hudson Valley Federal

Shared

Checking ·· 4021$8,340

Savings ·· 9917$21,905

Meridian Savings

Private to you

Brokerage ·· 7734$46,120

Synced this morning

Sharing is per institution and reversible. Until you share one,Uma cannot see its balance, its transactions, or that it exists.

Sample matter · Uma and Vic Delacroix · not real people

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W-1 · Child support

The arithmetic

CPI, Uma$66,978

CPI, Vic$133,907

Combined$200,885

Cap applied$193,000

Rate, one child17%

Obligation$32,810/yr

Steps

1. Add both incomes, less FICA.
2. Apply the statutory cap to the combined amount.
3. Apply the one-child rate of 17%.
4. Prorate by each share of the combined income.

DRL 240(1-b)

Vic is the payor on these figures, at $1,822 a month before adjustments.

Both incomes set by Uma on Mar 02, from the 2025 returns

Sample matter · Uma and Vic Delacroix · not real people

5 · Hand off

Walk in already agreed on most of it.

A term sheet of settled decisions, an open-items agenda, W-1 to W-6 as exhibits, and two draft agreements with every blank traced to the decision that filled it. Printed or as PDF, for your mediator or attorney.

Not for signature until reviewed by counsel

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Summary of decisions for professional review

MatterDelacroix

PreparedMar 15

Status61 settled · 14 open

Sections included: children and schedule, holidays, education, health, housing, property, income and support, taxes, insurance.

Evenly is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. This summary records what two people decided. Review by a licensed attorney in your state is required before anything is signed.

Sample matter · Uma and Vic Delacroix · not real people

9:41Evenly

Contents

Summary of decisions for professional review

Decisions by section01

Open items agenda09

Worksheets W-1 to W-912

Disclosure index24

Activity record31

Every entry carries the name of the person who set it and the date they did.

W-1 · Child supportPage 12

Basic child support obligation

CPI, Uma Delacroix$66,978

CPI, Vic Delacroix$133,907

Combined parental income$200,885

Statutory cap applied$193,000

Rate, one child17%

Annual obligation$32,810

Payor: Vic Delacroix. Prorated by each share of combined income, 67 and 33 percent.

DRL 240(1-b) · eff 2025-03-01

Delacroix matter \u00b7 prepared Mar 14, 2026 \u00b7 not legal advice

Sample matter · Uma and Vic Delacroix · not real people

Evenly states the rules and does the arithmetic.

It is not a lawyer and does not give legal advice. Every document it produces says so on every page, and every rule it states names its statute.

For professionals

Before any of it

This has to be safe to use.

Evenly assumes joint, voluntary participation. It does not screen for anything, and it cannot tell whether this process is safe for you. If it is not safe, this is the wrong tool, and the number below is a better place to start.

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