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Advice to keep your sobriety & alcohol monitoring goals on track

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Best Home Alcohol Monitoring Solutions (2026 Guide)
Match your situation to the right alcohol monitoring solution: checking your own BAC, proving sobriety to family, meeting a court order, or running a recovery program....read more
Co-Parenting with an Alcoholic: An Attorney’s Legal (and Emotional) Tips
Co-Parenting with an Alcoholic: An Attorney’s Legal (and Emotional) Tips
Whether you are married, separated, or divorced, co-parenting with an alcoholic is a demanding task. It can be frustrating and nerve-racking, and it can be physically and emotionally draining on...read more
This Attorney’s Actual Custody Agreement Template [Free Download]
This Attorney’s Actual Custody Agreement Template [Free Download]
As a family law attorney, I've sat across the table from parents in all kinds of circumstances – exhausted moms trying to hold everything together, dads desperate to stay in...read more
Sobriety Clause in Custody Agreement: Free Template
Sobriety Clause in Custody Agreement: Free Template
An alcohol sobriety clause in a custody agreement is a provision designed to ensure that a parent responsible for caring for the child is not under the influence of alcohol....read more
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How to Prove Sobriety to a Family Court: 6 Forms of Evidence Compared
Compare six ways a parent may document sobriety for family court, including remote monitoring, EtG, PEth, hair testing, interlock records, and witness letters....read more
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Remote Alcohol Monitoring in Grandparent Custody and Third-Party Cases
Learn how remote alcohol monitoring may support a grandparent, kinship, or other third-party custody case, and why state standing rules come first....read more
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7 Things Your Alcohol Monitoring Report Needs Before a Custody Hearing
Use this seven-point checklist to make an alcohol monitoring report easier to verify, explain, and review before a custody hearing....read more
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Breathalyzer False Positive Myths, and What a Non-Drinking Event Really Is
A positive reading during court-ordered monitoring rarely means the device got it wrong — fuel-cell sensors don't guess. What most people call a false positive is actually a non-drinking event:...read more
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When to Recommend Alcohol Monitoring to Custody Clients: A Strategic Guide for Family Law Attorneys
No monitoring service has blanket court approval — the real question is whether the record you build actually holds up when it counts. Here's how to know when alcohol monitoring...read more
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Does Drinking Non-Alcoholic Beer Break Sobriety?
Non-alcoholic beer still carries up to 0.5% alcohol, and the taste, smell, and ritual can matter as much as the number. What the research says about NA beer in recovery,...read more
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Getting a DUI in California: What You Need to Know in 2026
A plain-English guide to what happens after a California DUI arrest in 2026: the two clocks that start immediately, the penalties and DMV license steps, the interlock rules, and how...read more
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How Much Do Alcohol Monitoring Bracelets & Breathalyzers Cost?
What alcohol monitoring actually costs in 2026, from about $80 a month for an app-based breathalyzer to $700 or more for an ankle bracelet, with SCRAM, Soberlink, Smart Start, and...read more