Don't spend $20,000 figuring out what a weekend can teach you.
SteadySplit helps you get organised, educated and strategically prepared before you walk into a family lawyer's office — so the time you do spend with one is ten times more efficient.
From overwhelmed today
to settled —
without the $20,000 detour.
Six phases. One clear path. SteadySplit walks you the whole way — and saves you thousands in lawyer fees you didn't need to spend.
Understand how Canadian divorce actually works and where you fit in. No moves yet — just orientation.
Build your information edge before talking to anyone expensive. Profile your counterpart, gather your documents.
Now that the profile exists, use it. Pressure-test your reads with Counsel before any negotiation.
Build your Form 13.1 and run support scenarios. You can't negotiate what you can't quantify.
Bring in the humans — coach first, then the right lawyer for your path.
You're at the stage where SteadySplit hands off to your professionals. The Playbook and Counsel remain available.
Everything most men learn the hard way — written down clearly.
Seven strategic articles on how Canadian divorce actually works, what each professional does and costs, and how to keep your legal bill from spiralling. The first three are free.
Open The Playbook- 01How Canadian divorce actually worksThe 30,000-foot view — federal vs provincial, separation vs divorce, and the six phases every file moves through.Free
- 02The professional ecosystemLawyer vs paralegal vs mediator vs coach vs CDFA vs collaborative lawyer — who does what, what each costs, when to engage which.Free · signup
- 03The three pathsUncontested DIY, mediation or collaborative, full litigation — what each costs, who each is for, and how each one fails.Free · signup
- 04What lawyers actually bill forA line-item walkthrough of where $20,000 goes — and the seven invisible cost drivers most clients only see in retrospect.Pro
- 05The minimum viable lawyer engagementFor an amicable separation, the literal minimum lawyer hours required — what you do, what they do, and what 'amicable enough' actually means.Pro
- 06When you absolutely need a litigation lawyerFive situations where trying to minimise lawyer involvement is the most expensive mistake you can make — and how to engage fast when the file requires it.Pro
- 07Hiring a family lawyerThe eight questions to ask in the first 15 minutes, the three walk-away signals, and the exact package to bring to every consultation.Pro
A complete command centre.
Everything is built for one outcome: walking into legal proceedings prepared, calm and strategically positioned.
Counsel — your AI advisor
Trained on Canadian family law. Strategic, calm, and available 24/7 for the questions you'd rather not pay $600/hr for.
Know Your Counterpart
Build a working read on your spouse so you can propose deals she's likely to accept — faster settlement, lower legal fees.
Form 13 financial builder
Guided, lawyer-ready financial statement preparation. Export a clean PDF your lawyer can actually use.
Strategic learning library
Short, dense video modules on disclosure, custody, mediation versus litigation, and protecting your business.
Professional referral network
A curated network of vetted Ontario family lawyers, mediators, CDFAs and coaches.
Document vault
Secure, encrypted storage for the documents you'll need to produce. Stored in Canada.
Mistakes you won't make
The decisions that quietly cost men the most — flagged before you make them.
What's coming
We're building SteadySplit deliberately. Here's what's next.
SteadySplit Circles
Eight men. Twelve weeks. The conversation you can't have with anyone else in your life right now.
Learn more →
I built this because I needed it myself.
When my own marriage ended, I did what most men do: I googled, I panicked, and I booked a lawyer. Three meetings and eight thousand dollars in, I realised I wasn't paying for legal strategy — I was paying to be educated on a system I could have learned in a weekend if anyone had bothered to write it down clearly.
SteadySplit is the resource I needed and couldn't find. Built deliberately for Canadian men, with the help of family lawyers and mediators who watched the same patterns repeat for years and finally had somewhere to send people. Read the longer version →
— Arthur Romanski, Founder, SteadySplit
What men have said.
"I walked into my second lawyer meeting with a one-page financial summary and a list of twelve questions. She told me it was the most prepared first meeting she'd had in a decade. I'm fairly sure SteadySplit saved me $15,000."
Member · Toronto
"The first lawyer I'd hired was charging me to explain what disclosure was. After two weeks on SteadySplit I fired him, hired someone better, and showed up understanding the game. Different outcome entirely."
Member · Ottawa
"What I didn't expect was how much calmer I'd feel. Just having a roadmap — knowing what phase I was in and what came next — pulled me out of the spiral. The legal savings were almost a bonus."
Member · Mississauga
Before you start.
Is this legal advice?+
No. SteadySplit provides information, organisation tools and strategic frameworks. We are not a law firm and no solicitor-client relationship is formed. For legal advice on your specific situation, retain a licensed family lawyer in your province.
Which provinces do you cover?+
Ontario is fully supported at launch. British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec are selectable today with a clear notice that detailed provincial guidance is coming. The rest of Canada follows shortly after.
Is my data private?+
Yes. Your data is encrypted and stored in Canada. We do not sell your information or share it with lawyers or other professionals without your explicit consent.
How is this different from hiring a lawyer?+
We don't replace your lawyer — we prepare you for them. The average man wastes thousands of dollars in legal fees being walked through things he could have learned on a weekend. We compress that learning curve so your lawyer can focus on what only a lawyer can do.
Ten minutes now saves you weeks later.
The free assessment is the single highest-leverage thing you can do today.
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