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Prepare for a settlement conference

Organize high-level notice, attendance, issue-category, information-gap, proposal-review, access, safety, and follow-up questions before a matrimonial settlement conference. Do not enter names, case numbers, exact financial figures, proposal language, allegations, evidence details, strategy, settlement positions, or privileged communications. Nothing entered here is uploaded, transmitted, or saved by this tool.

Preparation checks

Private worksheet label I reviewed the current conference notice, order, assigned court or part, and stated appearance instructions. I identified who the current source says must attend and listed authority-to-settle questions for qualified review. I organized only broad topic categories—such as parenting, support, property, debt, insurance, fees, or implementation—without entering terms or positions here. I listed missing-information or current-document questions without uploading, quoting, or summarizing sensitive materials. Any proposal, agreement, waiver, release, tax, pension, property, support, custody, or safety issue will receive qualified independent review before reliance or signature. I confirmed location, date, arrival, remote-technology, interpreter, disability-access, and contact-channel instructions from a current source. I identified coercion, safety, privacy, separate-arrival, communication, or support-person questions that may require advance human review. I will confirm any next step, written agreement, court instruction, filing, service, exchange, signature, or deadline from the exact source before acting.High-level questions for qualified review

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Important limits: This tool does not decide whether a settlement conference is required, who must attend, whether anyone has authority to settle, what issues should be settled, what terms are fair or lawful, what information is sufficient, whether a proposal should be accepted or rejected, whether an agreement is complete or enforceable, or what filing, service, signature, exchange, appearance, or deadline requirements apply. It does not calculate support, value property, predict outcomes, contact anyone, negotiate, draft terms, file, serve, send, upload, or provide legal advice. Current court notices, orders, part rules, official court information, and qualified professional guidance control.

Stop and verify before relying on this checklist when

The current notice, order, conference purpose, attendance rule, location, appearance method, or settlement-authority requirement is unclear.
A proposal, waiver, release, agreement, tax, pension, property, support, custody, safety, immigration, benefit, or enforcement issue has not received qualified review.
A deadline, signature, filing, service, exchange, confidentiality, privilege, evidence, or implementation question remains unresolved.
Safety, coercion, language access, disability access, technology, transportation, childcare, or separate-arrival needs could affect participation.
A proposed entry could reveal confidential facts, exact finances, allegations, evidence, strategy, settlement positions, or privileged communications.

New York Courts: Uniform Rule 202.26
New York Courts: Uniform Rule 202.16
New York Courts: Contested Divorce Information and Forms