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Co-parenting expense tracker and custody command center spreadsheet for Excel and Google Sheets on laptop, tablet and phone — shared expenses, child support ledger, custody calendar. Instant download.

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Before and after: a text-thread argument about who paid for camp versus the Settle Up tab computing Dana owes Jamie $301.86 — expenses split 60/40 by the income-proportional method.

Phone at the Sunday handoff showing the co-parenting scoreboard beside a just-logged expense card — swim fees $62, Dana paid. Ten seconds to log; shares and statements compute.

The shared expense log: date, child, item, who paid, each parent's computed share and the running who-owes-whom balance — $3,077.85 of expenses split automatically all year.

Settle Up writes a monthly statement from every logged expense: five months settled, June and July open, one outstanding number — Dana to Jamie $301.86 in a single transfer.

Child support as a ledger, not a memory: $650 due monthly, $4,550 paid year to date, zero arrears, six of seven on time — July logged as paid four days late.

The custody calendar counts nights automatically: J and D typed nightly, 103 vs 98 nights, a 51.2/48.8 split, with holiday exceptions and complete-month court math.

One transfer settles the month: June and July netted to Dana owes Jamie $301.86, computed from 29 logged expenses split 60/40 — no mental math, no month-old IOUs.

In the download: a 14-tab co-parenting command center — shared expenses, settle up, child support ledger, custody calendar, exchange, communication and incident logs — Excel and Google Sheets.

Co-parenting spreadsheet vs a typical custody printable: splits computed three ways, settlement statements, arrears math, self-counting nights — 921 formulas, 32/32 math checks.

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Spreadsheet System

Co-Parenting Money & Custody Command Center

The ledger doesn't take sides.

$19.97

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The ledger doesn't take sides. Most co-parenting money fights aren't about the $40 cleats — they're about the scorekeeping. Receipts scattered across three apps, support paid “I think on the 3rd?”, and nobody quite sure who covered camp. This is the neutral file that ends it: every shared expense split by the method you both agreed to, a one-transfer settlement statement every month, a child-support ledger with live arrears math, and a custody calendar that counts itself.

Shared expenses split three ways: 50/50 · income-proportional · custom %
Settle Up: each month nets to ONE transfer — “Dana → Jamie $301.86”
Child-support ledger: due vs paid, on-time tracking, arrears in both directions
Custody calendar that counts itself — type J or D each night
Court-Ready Summary compiled live from your records (complete months only)

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Overview

The ledger doesn't take sides.

Custody printables give you blank boxes; this one computes.

What's Included

14 connected tabs including:

Dashboard — the whole arrangement at a glance: balance, support status, nights split, pending reimbursements

Shared Expense Log — the heart: date, child, item, who paid; each parent's share computes

Settle Up — monthly statements with settled/open status and the live outstanding number

Child Support Ledger — due vs paid, on-time or late, arrears that compute in both directions

Custody Calendar — type J or D each night; monthly counts, the year split, holiday exceptions

Exchange · Communication · Incident Logs — same-day, neutral, factual; written for a reader you've never met

Court-Ready Summary — support paid vs ordered, expense totals by parent, custody nights, documentation counts — ready to print and sign

Kids & Recurring — standing costs, set once

Reimbursements — one-off asks tracked until paid

Settings & Glossary — split method set once; every term explained

You will receive

Co-Parenting-Money-Command-Center-NicheToolkits.xlsx — the 14-tab engine (Excel + Google Sheets)
ACCESS-YOUR-TEMPLATE.pdf — one-click Google Sheets access + the video tutorial link
README.txt + LICENSE.txt
Delivered as one ZIP — instant download

Key Benefits

Why this one

Scorekeeping, ended

Every expense logged once, split by the agreed method, with a running who-owes-whom balance.

One number a month

Settle Up nets everything to a single transfer — mark it settled, done arguing.

Arrears that compute

Support due vs paid with on-time tracking — $4,550 paid, $0 arrears, 6 of 7 on time in the sample.

Nights that count themselves

J and D typed nightly become monthly counts and the year's split — 51.2/48.8 in the sample.

Written for a stranger

Exchange, communication and incident logs kept brief, neutral and factual — the tone courts respect.

Honest engineering

921 formulas · recalculated clean · 32/32 independent math checks. Every image is the real file.

Who It's For

Built for

Co-parents tired of receipt archaeology and settle-up fights
Parents who need support payments documented, not remembered
Anyone preparing clean records for mediation or review
Households where both parents share one neutral file

How It Works

Up and running in minutes

Open in Excel — or one-click into Google Sheets

The ACCESS-YOUR-TEMPLATE.pdf in your download opens a copy in Google Sheets with one click

Settings: pick the split method

50/50, income-proportional or custom % — set once, both parents see the same math

Log expenses the day they happen

Date, child, item, who paid — shares and the running balance compute

Settle up monthly

One statement, one transfer, mark it settled

Type J or D each night

The calendar counts nights, splits and holiday exceptions; the Court-Ready Summary compiles itself

Why It's Different

Not another template

Custody printables give you blank boxes. This one computes: the splits, the statements, the arrears, the nights — 921 formulas doing the bookkeeping so handoffs stay about the kids. Both parents can use it: keep identical copies or share one Google Sheets file — the math reads the same from either side. Neutral by design.

Delivery & Compatibility

Instant, and works with what you use

As soon as your order is complete you get instant access to download your files. Prefer Google Sheets for real-time updates and dropdowns? It's fully optimized. More comfortable in Excel? It works just as well.

Built and tested in the latest Excel (Office 365). On Mac we recommend the Google Sheets version — the template is not compatible with Apple Numbers. Available in English. The template ships with sample data so every screen works on open; clear it whenever you're ready. The images and video show that sample data to demonstrate how it looks in use.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Does it work in Google Sheets?

Yes — and this one is one-click: the ACCESS-YOUR-TEMPLATE.pdf in your download opens a copy straight into Google Sheets. The .xlsx works in Excel too.

Can both parents use it?

Yes — keep identical copies or share one Google Sheets file. The math reads the same from either side; the ledger doesn't take sides.

Which split methods are supported?

Three, set once in Settings: 50/50, income-proportional (the sample runs 60/40), or a custom percentage.

Is the Court-Ready Summary legal advice?

No — this is a record-keeping tool, not legal advice. The summary compiles support paid vs ordered, expense totals, custody nights (complete months only) and documentation counts from your own records, ready to print and sign.

Is anything pre-loaded?

A sample arrangement (Jamie & Dana, kids Ava and Max) ships inside so every screen works on open — clear it when you're ready.

Can I get a refund on a digital download?

Because delivery is instant, all sales are final — but message us with any issue and we'll make it right.

Co-Parenting Money & Custody Command Center

Overview

The ledger doesn't take sides.

What's Included

14 connected tabs including:

Key Benefits

Why this one

Who It's For

Built for

How It Works

Up and running in minutes

Why It's Different

Not another template

Delivery & Compatibility

Instant, and works with what you use

FAQ

Questions, answered

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