That did not solve its age or the problem of seven school schedules.

We used the school bus and agreed pickups as well; every boy was not put into one overloaded car.

With the lawyer’s advice about disclosure and use of the emergency reserve, I opened a separate account and moved the available $1,940.

The transfer left the old reserve balance at zero, not the family’s entire financial history erased.

I kept the receipt and provided it for the accounting.

It wasn’t hidden money or a way to keep the court from knowing what we had.