Sample output: Custody / Parenting Facts Chronology
This is an illustrative sample of what the Custody / Parenting Facts Chronology skill produces. Every party, date, document, and fact is fictional — invented for illustration only.
The fictional scenario
Sample Request — custody-parenting-facts-chronology
Fictional illustration. All parties, facts, dates, and documents below are invented for this example. The example contains no real or invented legal authority.
Please run custody-parenting-facts-chronology on a custody matter and build a sourced timeline for our supervising attorney.
Matter facts
- The user's client: Riley Chen (fictional), a parent, respondent-side.
- The other party: Morgan Chen (fictional), the other parent.
- Children: one child, age 7 (fictional).
- Existing orders: a temporary parenting order entered earlier this year (fictional); the user did not provide its text.
- Jurisdiction: governing law
not provided. - Case stage: pending; a custody modification request is anticipated.
Materials provided (fictional)
- A set of text messages between the parents (Exhibit A), with dates visible.
- A school attendance record for the child (Exhibit B).
- The client's handwritten notes of two exchange incidents (Exhibit C), one of which is undated.
Stated facts
- The client says Exhibit A shows several messages about missed exchanges.
- The client says Exhibit C describes a late pickup and a missed weekend, but is unsure of the date of the missed weekend.
- The client did not mark which events the other parent disputes.
Please: build a date-ordered, source-cited chronology with actor and child-relevance columns; flag undated and ambiguous facts; list follow-up items; and include attorney verification questions. Do not recommend a custody outcome or assess either parent.
What the skill produced
Sample Output — custody-parenting-facts-chronology
Draft work product for attorney review. Not legal advice. Every party, fact, date, and document below is fictional and illustrative. This example contains no real or invented legal authority. It shows the shape of the skill's deliverable — not a model answer for any matter.
Capability and Reliance Notice
This is a draft parenting-facts chronology for a qualified, licensed attorney. It does not provide legal advice, recommend a custody outcome, allocate parenting time, assess either parent's fitness, apply a best-interests standard, or compute any deadline. Every entry is drawn only from the provided documents. A qualified attorney must review this chronology before reliance.
Safety Note
No indication of immediate danger to the child or a party surfaced in the provided documents. If any safety concern arises, route to skills/family-law/domestic-violence-safety-referral-checklist/SKILL.md.
Gates Table
| Gate | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Parties and roles | Riley Chen (client, parent, respondent-side); Morgan Chen (other parent) | User request |
| Children involved | One child, age 7 | User request |
| Existing orders | Temporary parenting order; text not provided | User request |
| Jurisdiction / governing law | not provided [verify jurisdiction] | — |
| Case stage | Pending; modification anticipated | User request |
Custody / Parenting Chronology
| Date | Event (neutral) | Source | Actor | Child-related relevance (neutral) | Disputed status | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3 (year as written) | Message stating a scheduled exchange would be missed | Exhibit A, msg p.1 | Morgan Chen | Reflects a scheduled-exchange communication | not provided | Confirm the exchange that was scheduled |
| Mar 4 (year as written) | Message replying about the missed exchange | Exhibit A, msg p.1 | Riley Chen | Reflects a response on the missed exchange | not provided | — |
| Apr 12 (year as written) | Note of a late pickup at the exchange | Exhibit C, note 1 | Morgan Chen (per the note) | Reflects an exchange-timing event | not provided | Confirm the time and circumstances |
[date unknown] | Note of a missed weekend of parenting time | Exhibit C, note 2 | Per the note | Reflects a missed parenting-time period | not provided | Date ambiguous — confirm the weekend |
| (date range as written) | School attendance record covering the term | Exhibit B | School (record) | Reflects the child's attendance over the term | not provided | Confirm which entries the matter turns on |
Missing or Ambiguous Facts
- The date of the missed weekend in Exhibit C, note 2 —
ambiguous, marked[date unknown]. - Which events, if any, the other parent disputes —
not provided. - The text of the temporary parenting order —
not provided; the chronology cannot be checked against the order's exchange terms without it. - The specific attendance entries the matter turns on —
not provided.
Follow-up Items
- Obtain the temporary parenting order so exchanges can be read against its terms.
- Confirm the date of the missed weekend with the client and any corroborating record.
- Ask the client to mark which chronology events are disputed.
- Identify the school-record entries relevant to the modification question.
Attorney Verification Questions
- Confirm jurisdiction and governing law
[verify jurisdiction]. - Confirm the temporary parenting order's exchange and schedule terms once the order is provided.
- Confirm the
[date unknown]event before the chronology is relied upon. - Confirm the disputed/undisputed status of each entry with the client.
Assumptions
- Assumed Exhibits A–C are complete as provided —
[CONFIRM]. - Events are recorded neutrally from the documents; no parent is characterized and no custody outcome is suggested.