For courts, attorneys, GALs & mediators
Court-grade evidence, by default.
A short primer on how CoParent Circle records are produced, preserved, and exported so they hold up in family court — without surprises at the hearing.
SHA-256 integrity hashing
Every journal entry and every export PDF carries a SHA-256 digest. Tampering after the fact is detectable by anyone with the hash on file.
Bates-numbered exports
Court PDFs are paginated in the format clerks, judges, and opposing counsel already use to cite the record.
Immutable audit log
Every read, edit, export, and professional-access grant is recorded with actor, timestamp, and IP. Logs are append-only.
Chain-of-custody manifest
Every export includes a cover page identifying the requesting user, the date range, the integrity hash, and the export sequence number.
From keystroke to courtroom
The chain a message travels — and what it carries with it at every step.
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Composed
Drafted in the app. AI tone coach flags hostile phrasing and offers a rewrite before send. The original draft, the rewrite, and the user's choice are all logged.
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Sent
Server timestamps the message in UTC. A SHA-256 hash of the message body + metadata is computed and chained to the previous message's hash.
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Delivered
Read receipts captured with actor, device fingerprint, and timestamp. Recipients cannot delete the record.
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Exported
On request, a date-ranged PDF is generated with Bates numbering, a SHA-256 export hash, and a chain-of-custody cover page identifying the requester.
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Verified
Anyone holding the PDF can recompute the SHA-256 and check it against the platform's verification endpoint — no login required to verify.
For practitioners
Foundational facts you can recite
- UTC server timestamping, NTP-synchronized
- SHA-256 hash chaining across journal entries
- Append-only audit log; no record deletion
- Per-export chain-of-custody manifest
- Independent hash verification endpoint
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Does CoParent Circle self-authenticate under FRE 902(13) or 902(14)?
The platform is designed to support self-authentication under FRE 902(13) (records generated by an electronic process) and 902(14) (data copied from an electronic device, storage medium, or file), and the analogous state-court rules adopted by most U.S. jurisdictions. Whether a specific export is admitted as self-authenticating is ultimately a judicial determination based on the proponent's notice and the court's discretion — but the technical foundation (digital signature, hash verification, chain of custody) is built in by default.
What does the chain-of-custody page contain?
The first page of every exported PDF lists: requesting user (name + email), generation timestamp (UTC), date range covered, total records, SHA-256 hash of the export body, sequence number relative to prior exports from the same case, and a verification URL that recomputes the hash from the platform side on demand.
Can the opposing party challenge the record's integrity?
They can — and the platform makes the verification trivial. The SHA-256 hash printed on the export can be independently recomputed by any party with access to the PDF; if the file has been altered the hash will not match. The platform also offers a verification endpoint that returns the original hash for a given export sequence number, with no login required for the recipient.
Are messages timestamped to the wall clock or the server clock?
Server clock, in UTC, synchronized via NTP. The wall-clock time of either party's device is recorded separately when supplied but is not authoritative.
What about deleted messages?
Messages cannot be deleted from the immutable record. A user may flag a message as 'withdrawn,' but the original text, the withdrawal action, and the actor/timestamp remain in the audit trail and on every subsequent export.
Does professional (attorney, GAL) access show up in the record?
Yes. Every professional-access grant, every visit by a pro, and every export they generate is logged in the same audit trail as the parents' own activity. Exports made by a professional carry that professional's name on the chain-of-custody page.
Can the court receive records directly?
Yes. The user can email a court PDF directly from the export dialog, or the court / GAL / mediator can be granted view-only professional access at no charge (see the model order language at /courts).
Looking for order language?
Free model paragraphs and state-specific addenda for parenting plans and temporary orders.