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+# Build Status — Active Blue Family Law (`activeblue_familylaw`)
+
+**All 14 roadmap steps are implemented, statically validated, and committed.**
+Module version `18.0.14.0.0`. Built on Odoo 18 Community.
+
+> ⚠️ **Tests have NOT been run in a live Odoo here** (no Odoo runtime/DB in the build
+> environment). Every step was validated statically (`scripts/validate_module.py`:
+> Python compile, XML well-formed, no Odoo-18-forbidden constructs, button→method
+> mapping, manifest/ACL integrity, view-field resolution, duplicate-id + action-ref
+> + load-order checks). **Run the tagged suites in your Odoo stack to confirm green.**
+
+## Run the tests
+```bash
+# whole module (install + all tests)
+odoo -d <db> -i activeblue_familylaw --test-enable --stop-after-init
+
+# one step
+odoo -d <db> -u activeblue_familylaw --test-enable --test-tags familylaw_step7 --stop-after-init
+
+# all family-law tests
+odoo -d <db> -u activeblue_familylaw --test-enable --test-tags familylaw --stop-after-init
+```
+Re-run static checks any time: `python3 scripts/validate_module.py`
+
+## Steps
+| Step | Slice | Tag |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 | Case spine + lifecycle + attorney gates | `familylaw_step1` |
+| 2 | Parties/children/issues + proceeding + conflict screening + intake | `familylaw_step2` |
+| 3 | Documents + **review gate (Gate 1)** | `familylaw_step3` |
+| 4 | Deadline engine (per-proceeding, weekend roll, overdue cron, calendar mirror) | `familylaw_step4` |
+| 5 | Mandatory disclosure (12.285) — checklist + financial affidavit | `familylaw_step5` |
+| 6 | Claude client + `ai.task` ledger + drafting agent + citation ledger (Tier 3) | `familylaw_step6` |
+| 7 | **Citation gate (Gate 2)** — fail-closed verify + filing block + research loop | `familylaw_step7` |
+| 8 | Discovery + Rule 12.351 subpoena (objection window + routing) | `familylaw_step8` |
+| 9 | Child-support modification (new proceeding, 15%/$50, 20-day, DOR, prior-judgment) | `familylaw_step9` |
+| 10 | Emergency workflow (12.941) — fork + attachment block + fast-path | `familylaw_step10` |
+| 11 | DocuSeal e-signature (approved-only, webhook) | `familylaw_step11` |
+| 12 | File archive (SHA-256) + retention lifecycle + calendar layers | `familylaw_step12` |
+| 13 | Miami-Dade auto-seed (AO 14-13) + course-before-judgment guard | `familylaw_step13` |
+| 14 | Comms (never auto-send) + AI-assist billing flag + matter-scoped access | `familylaw_step14` |
+
+## The two sacred gates (verify these first)
+- **Gate 1 (review):** AI/draft documents are born `ai_draft`; only an attorney can
+  approve; nothing files/sends unapproved. `familylaw.document._ensure_approved`.
+- **Gate 2 (citation):** every citation is born `unverified`; verification is
+  fail-closed (down/no-record → stays blocked); filing is blocked on any unverified
+  cite. `familylaw.document._ensure_citations_verified` + `familylaw.citation.verifier`.
+
+## Tier 3 caveat (unchanged from design)
+Steps 6/7/9 build the **structure**; the legal **content** they produce is born
+unapproved/unverified and is **not authoritative** until a licensed Florida attorney
+validates the legal logic and approves the output. All external APIs (Claude,
+CourtListener, DocuSeal) are mocked in tests and isolated behind single methods.
+
+## Volatile legal values to confirm before production (search `VERIFY`)
+Deadline day-counts (20/45/30/10), disclosure income threshold ($50k → 12.902(b)/(c)),
+15%/$50 support-modification presumption, Rule 12.410 subpoena amendment (eff. Oct 1
+2025), AO 14-13 obligations, retention periods. None are baked in as permanent.