The order didn’t determine the accounting.

It didn’t dissolve my marriage.

It gave us enforceable boundaries while those matters continued.

The parties received notice and service through the proper process.

I didn’t rely on telling Richard in the driveway that a lawyer had said he couldn’t do something.

I read the conditions until I knew how to follow them and which number to call if there was a problem.

When Emily asked whether her father could simply arrive and take her home, I could give a practical answer.