The average family law attorney spends 4 to 6 hours per case organising records from co-parenting apps into a usable format before any legal work can begin. At $350 per hour, that is $1,400 to $2,100 in prep costs per matter — paid by clients who are already financially stretched from the divorce itself.
This platform is built for the professionals involved in family law matters:
Here is what the platform gives you as a professional.
Before anything else: this creates no work on your end. Access comes to you.
Your client generates a court report and shares a secure link with you. They choose the expiry: 7, 14, or 30 days. You open the link in any browser on any device — no Parenting Path account, no app installation, no login process.
The portal shows you every section of the report, lets you click individual timeline items to view the source records behind them, and provides a PDF download. Every action you take is logged, and the client is notified when you first open the link and when you download the PDF.
One-time case review, pre-hearing preparation, or situations where you need a structured evidence package quickly.
For ongoing matters, your client grants you direct portal access from their Pro subscription. You create a verified professional account, submit your bar number or licence documentation, and set up two-factor authentication. Your login token is valid for 12 hours.
In the portal, you see messages with tone scores, expense records, calendar events, court order compliance violations, and any court reports generated by the family. Everything is read-only. You cannot send messages, modify records, or take any action that changes the family's data. Every page view and download is logged with your IP address, timestamp, and the specific record accessed.
Ongoing family law matters, clients with high-conflict co-parenting situations requiring regular monitoring, and mediator cases where you need to track communication patterns over time.
Every generated report is formatted to US Letter paper size with 20mm margins — standard court document formatting. The report is designed to be filed or submitted without reformatting. Read more about court report generation.
When a report is generated, the complete document is passed through a SHA-256 cryptographic hash function. The resulting hash — a unique fingerprint of that exact document — is stored in Parenting Path's database. If anyone modifies the document after generation — changes a date, a number, a word — the hash of the modified file will not match the stored hash. The alteration is provable. You can verify document integrity at any time by comparing the hash of the file you received against the hash visible in your client's account.
A factual, neutral synthesis of the entire period. Communication patterns, compliance posture, expense health, key incidents. Written for quick review, not detailed reading.
Monthly bar charts per parent showing average message tone scores, a rolling trend line, and a count of messages that hit amber, red, or blocked thresholds over the period.
Every scheduled custody exchange with its recorded outcome: on-time, late with the exact delay in minutes, or missed entirely.
Submitted, approved, disputed, settled. A delays log for any expense unresolved beyond seven days. Running balance at each month end.
Every logged violation with the verbatim clause text, the required action, the actual outcome, and the timestamp. Cannot be edited or deleted by either parent. See court order compliance.
Every significant event from all included sections, date-ordered, colour-coded by severity. In the portal, each item is hyperlinked — clicking it opens the source record directly.
Mediators interact with the platform differently. You are invited into live situations, not reviewing historical records. Three capabilities are built specifically for that context.
When a client designates you as their mediator, you receive automatic alerts when the family's communication reaches a sustained escalation threshold. Three consecutive days averaging a tone score of 70 or above triggers an email alert with a condensed summary attached. You do not need to check in periodically — you are notified when intervention may be needed.
You can be invited directly into Structured Discussion sessions already underway. When you join, you receive a briefing package containing both parents' stated interests from the private Q&A phase, the AI-generated shared interest summary, every proposal and counter-proposal exchanged so far, and an AI assessment of where your intervention is most likely to move things forward. You arrive at the session ready to contribute.
When a Structured Discussion reaches resolution, you can add your signature to the final agreement document as facilitator, alongside both parents' digital signatures. The signed agreement is stored permanently with timestamps and is accessible to all parties.
Two other professional types this platform serves — with access calibrated to their specific role, not a one-size model.
GAL accounts are granted full-scope access by the family — messages, expenses, calendar, violations — as a default. The GAL portal view provides the same structured, timestamped records as the attorney portal. Court appointment reference documentation is submitted during professional verification.
Therapists who are granted access by a parent see only the child's wellbeing data: daily mood check-ins, transition records, mood history heatmaps, and trend analysis. They see nothing about the parents' communications, expenses, or legal records. This scope is enforced at the system level — not just by interface design. Therapists receive a weekly email digest with the previous week's child data. Access requires a verified professional account with two-factor authentication.
Professional access to client data is logged with the same rigour as the client's own records. Four points every professional should know.
Every action you take in the portal — every page view, every record opened, every PDF downloaded — is logged with your professional ID, the IP address you accessed from, the timestamp, and the specific record viewed. The log is append-only and cannot be modified or deleted by any party.
Your client is notified when you first access the portal and when you download a PDF. They can review your full access log at any time from their account.
Your client can revoke your access at any time. Revocation takes effect immediately — your next portal request will be declined without grace period or delay.
The DV journal is never accessible through the portal. It is encrypted on the client's device and never transmitted to Parenting Path's servers. If a client's journal is needed as evidence, they export it directly and share it through your own channels. DV advocate access follows a separate, covert path described here.
Professional accounts are free to create and maintain. The process is straightforward.
Professional accounts are created at parentingpath.net/pro. Submit your bar number or professional licence documentation during registration. Verification is completed by the Parenting Path team — typically within one business day.
Two-factor authentication (TOTP, compatible with any authenticator app) is required before your first login. Your professional token is valid for 12 hours.
One verified account gives you access to every family who grants you permission. You do not create a new account for each client. Access to new families is granted by the client from their account settings — not applied for by you.
The add-on cost of $4.99 per month is billed to the client's Pro subscription. There is no cost to create or maintain a professional account. Pricing details →
Create your professional account →Do I need to ask my client to do anything?
For time-limited link access: your client generates a court report and sends you the link. For persistent access: your client grants your email address access from their account settings. Either way, you receive the access — you do not initiate it.
What if the link expires before I finish reviewing?
Your client can generate a new link at any time. Each link has an independent expiry. Old links can also be revoked before they expire.
Can I access data my client has not included in a shared report?
No. Time-limited links are scoped to the date range and sections of the specific report shared. Persistent access covers the data types your client has authorised — messages, expenses, calendar, violations — but nothing outside those categories without explicit client permission.
What jurisdictions is Parenting Path used in?
Families in all 50 US states. Court order parsing supports standard US family court document formats — PACER format, state court orders, divorce decrees, custody stipulations, and modification orders.
If your client is asking about Parenting Path, the fastest path to access is for them to generate a court report and share the link with you. No account needed on your end. If you work with multiple families in high-conflict or litigation-adjacent situations, a persistent professional account may be worth setting up.