The Rising Beyond Podcast
If you're trying to protect your children while navigating an abusive ex, this podcast is for you. Because leaving the relationship didn't end the abuse, and no one prepared you for what came next.
The Rising Beyond Podcast is for protective mothers navigating the overwhelming reality of sharing children with someone who continues patterns of manipulation, coercive control, or emotional abuse after separation. Join Sybil Cummin, licensed professional counselor, who has spent the last decade helping survivors and their children navigate this incredibly difficult chapter. Every week, we share trauma-informed education, nervous system insights, protective parenting strategies, and honest conversations about family court, post-separation abuse, and healing, so you can feel more confident, more grounded, and better equipped to protect both your children and yourself.
Whether you're in the middle of family court, struggling with parenting alongside someone who continues patterns of control, or simply trying to become the parent you want to be after everything you've survived, you'll find validation, practical guidance, and hope here.
The Rising Beyond Podcast
Ep 69: Protect Yourself in Family Court Through Documentation
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Please do not show up to court with your narcissistic ex-partner thinking that because what you say is true, a judge will believe you.
In order to prevent the judge from thinking this is just a “he said, she said” game you need a strong documentation strategy in place. And because it is likely you have experienced trauma at the hands of your abusive ex-partner you may not show up in a credible way to those who do not understand.
In this episode, I go over some of the different types of documentation that you need to have prepared including:
- Financial documentation
- Documentation based on the factors of a child’s best interest
- Documentation based on the factors a judge is looking for to determine parental allocation of decision-making
Some basic tips for documentation for family court include:
- Documenting in a separate journal/planner/spreadsheet
- Having as much documentation time-stamped
- Use of a co-parenting messenger app
- Use of a “vault” for evidence to be court-admissible
- Marking emails/messages as important so that you don’t have to go back and search
- Choosing your battles
- Predicting your ex’s behaviors and perceived wins
If you want more support on how to document including ways to document based on how our minds take in information and ways to make this less than a full-time job, join us for our low-cost documentation workshop on Friday, Nov 3, 2023.
Documentation Workshop. November 3rd, 2023
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