Temporary Orders Motion Outline for Family Law (Facts Tied to Sources)
Outlines a motion for temporary orders request by request: the relief, each supporting fact tied to its source, the standard exactly as you paste it, the anticipated response and marker-free proposed order language.
The Prompt
Variables (9)
| Variable | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| {{client_name}} | Client Name | Elena Marsh |
| {{client_role}} | Client Role | Petitioner |
| {{current_date}} | Today's Date | 2026-10-02 |
| {{court_rules}} | Court and Governing Rules | Family Division, Marion County Circuit Court. Local rule on temporary motions, pasted: "A motion for temporary relief shall be accompanied by a financial statement." Hearing date set by the court: 2026-10-27. |
| {{relief}} | Relief Requested | 1. Temporary primary parenting time with the client on school nights. 2. Temporary child support. 3. Exclusive use of the marital home pending trial. 4. Contribution to attorney fees of $6,000 (attorney figure). |
| {{standards}} | Pasted Legal Standards | Parenting time: [pasted verbatim text and citation]. Support: [pasted formula text]. Use of the home: not pasted. |
| {{facts}} | Facts and Evidence | Client Declaration p.2: "I have taken the children to school each morning since August 2025." Pay stub (Ex. C) shows gross pay $4,180 per month. Mortgage statement (Ex. D) shows payment $1,920 per month. |
| {{other_side}} | Other Side Positions | Respondent letter 2026-09-18: "My client will not agree to any change in the current schedule." |
| {{notes}} | Attorney Notes | Keep the fee request last. Do not raise the 2024 incident. Add that the husband has hidden money. |
Expected Output
Part 1, attorney-only: safety flags, conflicts between sources, arithmetic on every financial line, then one block per request (relief, supporting facts by source, pasted standard or an authority-needed marker, unsupported elements, anticipated response from the other side's papers), unsupported statements declined, declined requests and missing information. Part 2: operative proposed order paragraphs with no markers. Ends with a Verification list.
Usage Notes
Use when preparing a motion for temporary parenting time, support, use of the home or fees. Paste the court's rule text and the standard for each request, because the prompt will not supply either from memory. Watch for requests whose standard you did not paste: they come back with an authority-needed marker, not a guess. Support or fee figures are computed only from a formula you paste. Read the document part line by line before it leaves the office. Not legal advice. The attorney remains responsible for verifying every fact, figure and authority before use.
Double-check before use
- Check every name in the proposed order against the caption. In testing, a first name found in no document was once supplied.
These are the places where this prompt was seen to slip when tested on sample cases with a small AI model.
Originally featured in: Prompt Engineering for Lawyers: The Complete 2026 Guide
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