Family: document from day one to judgment, and beyond
In 2019-2020, 58% of parties in family-law cases in Canada represented themselves, versus 42% with a lawyer · a share rising steadily since 2014-2015 (Statistics Canada, Juristat, 28 June 2021). This survey does not cover Quebec: “Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Manitoba do not yet participate in the survey,” Statistics Canada writes. No Quebec equivalent could be read at its own source, and we would rather say so. And the road to a judgment is measured in months: months during which the facts must be documented continuously. That is exactly what the app does, for one parent alone, without the other having to sign up for anything.
What the app does for you
- Visit log : arrival, departure, how it went, photos taken in the app (dated and fingerprinted to the second).
- Incidents : a guided form that keeps you to the facts (who, what, when, where) and puts reported statements in neutral attribution.
- Communications : your screenshots of texts and emails, organized and dated.
- Evidence vault : every exhibit time-stamped, with its digital fingerprint and its two dates.
- Planned vs. actual gaps : enter the planned custody schedule and the app calculates the late arrivals, cancellations, and the actual-time percentage on its own.
- Timeline : everything merged into a single filterable, exportable timeline.
And reports, for all of it
Documenting is good. Producing a document the court recognizes is the goal. From your entries, the app generates several print-ready reports:
- The visit report : identification table, first-person chronological account, numbered photo appendices (P-1, P-2), table of exhibits.
- The master timeline : the case a lawyer can read in ten minutes.
- The discrepancy report : the dated list of late arrivals and cancellations, with the actual percentage versus what was planned.
- Every report ends with an integrity attestation page (exhibit fingerprints, import dates) that explains the method to the court.
You remain the author of everything. The app formats, dates, and organizes: it never writes in your place, gives no advice, and predicts no outcome. Open the app (free) or see a sample report.
Get informed before you act: the Library
General, sourced, and dated information on family-law processes and documentation:
- The other parent is not following the judgment : what to document, and in what form
- Parental alienation : what a court looks at, and how to record the facts
- A youth protection (DPJ) file : your rights, and what is worth recording
- Family law in Québec, the essentials (a complete overview)
- TUF or Superior Court: where does your type of case go?
- Custody log: what to note, and what not to note
- Proving a late or cancelled exchange
- Family mediation: what it is, how to access it
- Documenting support payments: instalments, arrears, records
A specific question? The answers and the tools
52 family answers, among our short, sourced answers →
The free tools · exhibit list, timeline, communications inventory →
Questions about family
Short answers, dated and sourced. General information, never legal advice.
- Am I eligible for legal aid for a custody case?
- At what age can a child decide which parent to live with?
- Can a former spouse receive support for themselves in Quebec?
- Can I ask for child support if the other parent lives abroad?
- Can I ask for support for myself if we were not married?
- Can I move with my child without the other parent's consent?
- Can I record a conversation with my ex to use it in court?
- Can I represent myself in family court?
- Can I stop paying support if my ex prevents me from seeing my child?
- Can my child have their own lawyer in a custody case?
- Can my spouse sell the house without my consent if it is in their name?
- Can text messages be used as evidence in court?
- Can we agree that there will be no child support?
- Do grandparents have the right to see their grandchildren?
- Do I have to consult the other parent on important decisions even if I have custody?
- Do I have to give my income information to my ex every year?
- Does a step-parent have any rights over their spouse's child?
- Does the house I owned before meeting my spouse get divided?
- Does the parental union change anything about my children's custody and support?
- How do I change a custody judgment in Quebec?
- How do you get child support changed?
- How do you withdraw from the parental union patrimony?
- How does the court decide child custody in Quebec?
- How is child support calculated in Quebec?
- How is the payment made when the parental union patrimony is divided?
- How long does the judge take to render a decision?
- How many hours of family mediation are free in Quebec?
- How much does it cost to file a family court application in Quebec?
- If I die without a will does my de facto spouse inherit?
- In shared custody is there still child support?
- Is child support taxable in Quebec?
- Is family mediation mandatory before going to court?
- My child refuses to go to their other parent · can I keep them?
- My ex is not complying with the custody judgment · what can I do?
- My ex is not paying child support · what do I do?
- Our child was born before June 30, 2025 · are we in a parental union?
- Until what age do you have to pay child support?
- What are my rights as a parent dealing with the DPJ?
- What are supervised visits and custody exchanges in Quebec?
- What are the grounds for divorce in Quebec?
- What are the steps to get a custody judgment when you were not married?
- What do I have to prove in court in family law?
- What happens to our property if we are neither married nor in a parental union?
- What happens when the DPJ receives a report?
- What is a civil protection order in Quebec?
- What is a parental union in Quebec?
- What is a psychosocial assessment in a custody case?
- What is a safeguard order in Quebec family law?
- What is included in the parental union patrimony?
- What is the difference between a voluntary measures agreement and going to court with the DPJ?
- What is the parenting-after-separation session in Quebec?
- When does a parental union end?