The hardest project
most parents will ever run.
Who this is for
If you're representing yourself in family court, splitting time between two households, or just trying to keep the paperwork straight — these tools are built for you.
Pro se parents
You're navigating custody, divorce, or modification without an attorney — or alongside one. You need printable tools that match what the court actually asks for, not generic life-coach templates.
Co-parents in 50/50 households
You and your co-parent are working together (or trying to). You need shared schedules, documentation, communication frameworks, and a reference binder that lives in both homes.
Anyone in the middle of a hard transition
Reunification, modification, relocation, or a new co-parenting season — these are projects with stakeholders, deliverables, and risk. They deserve real planning tools.
Your First Custody Mediation
The questions most pro se parents wish they'd asked.
A 5-page printable workbook: 10 questions to ask out loud, space to write the mediator's answers, plus a 24-hour after-session checklist for documenting what just happened. Free when you join the Carver Aspen list.
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The flagship resources
Two products that hold most of what a pro se parent needs in one place.
Survival Binder
The reference binder for the whole process.
Procedures, scripts, communication frameworks, calendars, exhibit cover sheets, declaration templates, and trackers. Printable. Reorderable. Annotated.
(Paperback)
Same binder. Bound. On your shelf.
For the parent who wants the binder pre-printed and bound. The Amazon paperback version of the Survival Binder is in production and will ship soon.
Templates by topic
Single-purpose printables for the specific things pro se parents need to track, document, or prepare for. All available on Etsy.
181-page daily documentation journal. Printable, structured for court-ready records.
Full mediation prep: non-negotiables, decision trees by topic, session-by-session log.
Brief, Informative, Friendly, Firm — scripts for common high-conflict co-parenting messages.
One-page hearing-day reference: what to bring, what to say, what to do after.
Court-order-compliant violation tracker. Designed to be admissible and easy to keep.
Holiday + summer schedule planner with parenting plan worksheet for the year.
When you need a thinking partner — not legal advice.
Carver Aspen Consulting offers non-legal divorce and co-parenting planning support: building communication frameworks, structuring documentation, and applying project-management discipline to the most personal projects most people will ever run.
Schedule a consultation →Get the free workbook. Then keep going.
Start with the 10 mediation questions. Add the Survival Binder when you're ready. Reach out when you need a thinking partner who's been through it.