Practice system
Family Law, run as a system.
Divorce, custody, support, adoption: disclosure-driven with children's schedules at the centre.
Mandatory financial disclosure and the parenting calendar. Uniquely, the matter's most important facts are recurring schedules, not one-time dates.
Family Law · Matter cockpit
IllustrativeStage
PetitionTemporary OrdersFinancial DisclosureNegotiation / MediationSettlement / TrialDecreePost-Decree
Children
2, ages 6 & 9
Disclosure due
14d
Waiting period ends
Jun 30
Disclosure due · 14dMediation date · 27d
Computed: Support & Division Estimate
Guideline support figure plus a marital-estate split snapshot, labeled estimate: attorney to verify.
Posture
One question decides how the whole matter reads.
Do we represent the petitioner or the respondent?
What it tracks
The documents this practice actually produces.
Petition & response
Financial declarations
Parenting plan
Support worksheets
Settlement agreement / MSA
Computed
Support & Division Estimate
Guideline support figure plus a marital-estate split snapshot, labeled estimate: attorney to verify.
Opening checklist
What starts moving on day one.
- Conflicts incl. prior representation of either spouse
- Jurisdiction/residency requirement confirmed
- Safety screening for DV indicators
- Calendar disclosure deadlines
- Client financial-disclosure packet issued
Questions
Before you book the call.
- Do you build a matter management system specifically for family law practices?
- Yes. It runs on the same MATTER Method as everything else I build, configured for how family law actually moves: Mandatory financial disclosure and the parenting calendar. Uniquely, the matter's most important facts are recurring schedules, not one-time dates.
- What does the system actually track for a family law matter?
- Every stage from petition to post-decree, the facts that matter most for this practice (children, disclosure due, waiting period ends), the document set the matter actually produces, and one computed read: support & division estimate, guideline support figure plus a marital-estate split snapshot, labeled estimate: attorney to verify.
- Can I get this through MatterOS, or does it need a custom build?
- Both. It ships as a configured practice pack inside MatterOS for solo and small-firm workflows, or as a private, purpose-built system when a firm needs more control over data, integrations or workflow. Either way, we start with a short call to see which fits.
- Do you also handle litigation technology and expert witness work for these matters?
- Separately, yes, under the same practice. If a matter needs digital evidence structured or presented in a US courtroom rather than just tracked, that is the second half of what I do. See the Services page for how that engagement runs.
Bring me the family law matter. I've probably built this before.