Purpose-built tools for custody disputes, abuse documentation, and complex family law cases. No generic case management software—just the features family law attorneys actually need.
Foundation
Everything starts with evidence you can trust. Immutable storage, complete audit trails, and cryptographic verification ensure evidence integrity stands up to the toughest scrutiny.
How it works: Every piece of evidence is cryptographically hashed (SHA-512) and stored in our immutable database (ImmunoDB). Once created, the original cannot be altered—only new versions can be added with complete justification.
Why it matters: In high-conflict cases, opposing parties often question evidence authenticity. Immutable storage provides ironclad proof that evidence hasn't been tampered with since upload.
Tracked data: Who uploaded, when, how it was collected, collection method, source device metadata (EXIF), who accessed it, all version changes, and every transfer between parties.
Why it matters: Chain of custody is often required for evidence admissibility. Generate court-ready reports proving unbroken custody and establishing foundation for admission.
How it works: At any time, re-hash evidence and compare against original ImmunoDB hash. Instant verification that evidence hasn't been corrupted or tampered with.
Why it matters: When opposing counsel questions evidence, click one button to generate verification report proving mathematical certainty of authenticity.
How it works: All changes create new versions (V1, V2, V3...). Each version is immutable with mandatory justification ("corrected OCR error in line 15", "AI-assisted translation correction").
Why it matters: Transparent editing history shows good faith. Even AI-assisted corrections are flagged, ensuring you can explain every change to the court.
Competitive Advantage
The only evidence platform with built-in legal research. No competitor offers this—they all require separate $89-400/month subscriptions to Fastcase, Casetext, or Westlaw. We include it free.
Coverage: 1,530 statutes (all 50 states) + 2,600 case law opinions + federal family law + state DHS/CPS regulations.
Content: Custody standards, abuse/neglect definitions, domestic violence laws, child support guidelines, parental rights, evidence admissibility, court procedures.
Verification: Quarterly automated checks against official sources, annual attorney review, last verified dates shown.
Ask in plain English: "What's the custody modification standard in Texas?" or "Define medical neglect in California."
AI-powered answers: Get instant responses with statute citations, plain language explanations, and links to full legal text. No need to learn complex legal search syntax.
Cost: Free unlimited queries. Competitors charge $0.10-0.50 per search or $89-400/month subscriptions.
How it works: When AI detects abuse, neglect, or custody violation patterns in your evidence, the system automatically queries the legal database for relevant statutes.
Result: Evidence is automatically tagged with applicable laws. Example: Medical neglect pattern → Texas Family Code § 261.001(1)(A) with confidence score and legal analysis.
Benefit: You don't manually research every pattern—AI suggests relevant law, you review and approve.
Find supporting cases: "Show me Texas cases where parental alienation justified custody modification." System retrieves relevant appellate decisions with holdings and key facts.
Legal argument builder: AI generates structured legal argument combining statutes, case law, and evidence from your case. Edit and export to Word for motion drafting.
Compare states: "How does Texas custody law differ from California?" Side-by-side statute comparison for clients relocating or multi-state custody disputes.
Federal + state integration: Understand interaction between federal laws (ICWA, PKPA, UCCJEA) and state family codes.
Stay current: Automatic alerts when laws change in your jurisdiction. Historical statute text preserved for cases filed under old law.
Quarterly verification: All statutes re-verified against official sources every 90 days. User feedback loop for attorney-reported changes.
Generic platforms (Clio, Filevine): Serve all practice areas. Building legal databases for 50 practice areas across 50 states = massive undertaking. Easier to integrate with existing research platforms.
Evidence Stream advantage: Family law specialization makes it manageable. Only need ~4,500 legal authorities (vs. 100,000s for all practice areas). Scope is narrow but deep.
Annual value to you: Save $1,068-4,800/year vs. buying separate legal research subscription. All included in $49/month Professional plan.
Intelligence
Local AI processing means unlimited searches, pattern detection, and semantic analysis at no additional cost. Your evidence, your AI, zero ongoing fees.
AI identifies: Recurring patterns of emotional abuse, physical neglect, medical neglect, educational neglect, parental alienation, and custody violations.
How it works: Machine learning analyzes evidence across time, identifies similar incidents, calculates pattern strength, tracks escalation, and flags new evidence matching patterns.
Example: Mother uploads 15 text messages over 6 months. AI identifies 8 contain alienating language, shows escalation from subtle to overt, and alerts when new evidence matches pattern.
Search by meaning: Find "financial abuse" even if evidence says "controls all money", "won't let me work", or "hides financial information". Search understands context and legal concepts.
Technology: Local MiniLM embeddings (no cloud, no per-search cost). Vector database for instant similarity search. Understands synonyms, related concepts, and legal terminology.
Cost: Free. Unlimited searches. Embedding generation happens once on upload, then searching is instant and free forever.
AI analyzes: Temporal patterns (weekend vs. weekday incidents), escalation curves, correlation with events (new relationship, court dates), incident clustering, and gap analysis.
Visualizations: Heat maps showing when abuse occurs most, escalation graphs, incident frequency charts, and pattern confidence scores.
Ask questions: "When did father first threaten to withhold visitation?" "Show all evidence of medical neglect." "Find emails mentioning child's therapy."
Get answers: Cited responses with source document links, confidence scores, related evidence suggestions, and timeline placement.
Specialization
These features don't exist in generic platforms because they're only needed in family law practice. We built them because you asked for them.
Stakeholder roles: Attorney, Client, DHS Caseworker, Therapist, GAL, Medical Professional, Expert Witness, Co-Counsel.
Access control: Each role sees only appropriate evidence. DHS sees abuse documentation, therapist sees psychological evidence, medical professional sees health records. Attorney controls all access.
No per-user fees: Invite unlimited stakeholders. You pay for your account, they get free read/comment access as you define.
Three standards: Court Admissibility (strict rules of evidence), DHS Relevance (broader, includes hearsay), Medical Relevance (diagnostic, not legal).
Smart tagging: Mark evidence for each standard. Text message might be inadmissible hearsay in court but highly relevant for DHS investigation and therapy assessment.
Methodology: Based on "Evidence Strategies" approach—organize evidence around predicted opposing arguments, build rebuttals, track counter-evidence.
Example: Opposing party will argue "isolated incidents". Your strategy: Show pattern (15 incidents over 18 months), demonstrate escalation, present corroborating evidence, organize rebuttal timeline.
Generate for: DHS reports, therapist letters, medical professional summaries, GAL presentations, expert witness briefings, police reports.
Includes: Executive summary, incident chronology, pattern analysis, page-line citations, source document excerpts, and next steps recommendations.
Pre-built tags: Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Medical Neglect, Educational Neglect, Substance Abuse, Parental Alienation, Custody Violation, Financial Abuse, Domestic Violence, False Allegations, Protective Parent.
Custom tags: Create firm-specific or case-specific tags. Search and filter by any combination.
Multi-source timelines: Combine emails, texts, journal entries, medical records, school reports, police reports, and photos into unified chronology.
Analysis: Identify gaps ("why no contact for 3 weeks?"), find corroboration ("text confirms journal entry"), spot conflicts ("timeline doesn't match statement").
Flexibility
Formats: .eml, .msg, .mbox, JSON
Processing: Extract sender, recipients, subject, body, attachments, headers, metadata
Features: Thread reconstruction, sender/recipient linking, attachment handling
Formats: JSON, XML, CSV, screenshots
Processing: Conversation threading, contact linking, timestamp extraction
Features: OCR for screenshots, metadata preservation, conversation reconstruction
Formats: MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, voicemail
Processing: Whisper AI transcription, speaker identification (if available)
Features: Searchable transcripts, timestamp navigation, audio playback with transcript sync
Formats: MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WebM
Processing: Audio transcription, keyframe extraction, scene detection
Features: Searchable transcripts, video timeline with text sync, scene thumbnails
Formats: JPG, PNG, HEIC, RAW
Processing: OCR for text extraction, AI image description, EXIF metadata preservation
Features: Location data, timestamp verification, device identification
Formats: PDF, Word, scanned documents
Processing: OCR for scanned docs, text extraction, structure recognition
Features: Page-line citations, versioning for responses/motions, publishing workflow
Creation: In-platform form entry, rich text editor
Features: Date/time stamping, incident tagging, emotion tracking, version history
Security: Immutable once created, edit creates new version with justification
Formats: PDF bank statements, CSV, Excel, OFX, QFX
Processing: Transaction extraction, categorization, pattern analysis
Features: Financial timeline, anomaly detection, child support tracking
Formats: PDF, scanned documents, HL7 (future)
Processing: OCR, medical chronology extraction, diagnosis identification
Features: Injury timeline, treatment history, medical provider tracking
Platform
Encryption: AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit
Authentication: Multi-factor authentication, SSO support (Enterprise)
Compliance: SOC 2, HIPAA ready, attorney-client privilege protection
Backups: Automated daily backups, point-in-time recovery
Storage: S3-compatible blob storage, unlimited capacity
Database: PostgreSQL with pgvector, ImmunoDB for immutability
Deployment: Kubernetes for scalability and reliability
Uptime: 99.9% SLA (Enterprise tier)
Devices: Desktop, tablet, mobile browser
Features: Mobile evidence upload, document viewing, search, timeline access
Native apps: iOS and Android (roadmap)
Availability: Enterprise tier
Integration: Connect to practice management systems, accounting software, court filing
Documentation: OpenAPI specification, SDKs, webhooks
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