Collaborative Public Review

Get Involved

Families Before Fees invites families, professionals, researchers, mediators, attorneys, mental health experts, and lawmakers to help refine a constructive public conversation around softer landings for divorcing families.

A Calm, Constructive Invitation

This initiative is not about blame, sides, or attacking the family court system. It is about building a more thoughtful conversation around family stabilization, child-centered decision making, financial transparency, and conflict reduction.

Submission Note: Feedback should remain constructive, respectful, and solution-focused. This initiative is designed to support collaboration, not personal attacks or case-specific accusations.

Who Can Participate?

The strongest framework will come from many perspectives working together.

Families

Share lived experience in a calm, constructive way that helps identify where families need more support.

Lawmakers

Review the draft framework, suggest practical policy pathways, and help shape future legislative language.

Attorneys

Offer insight into how family law processes can better support clarity, proportionality, and resolution.

Mediators

Help improve mediation-readiness language and lower-conflict resolution pathways.

Mental Health Professionals

Contribute perspective on emotional stabilization, family stress, child wellbeing, and trauma-informed practices.

Researchers

Recommend studies, reports, public data, or evidence-based practices that can strengthen the framework.

Submit Feedback

Feedback will be most useful when it identifies a specific section of the draft bill, suggests clearer language, explains a concern, or provides professional insight.

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Review Before Commenting

Before submitting feedback, please review the draft bill and the broader framework so suggestions can help strengthen the public conversation.