Asset division, spousal and child support estimators, marital settlement agreement drafting, custody schedules, financial disclosure, and client updates stay in one workflow, with DV screening built into intake and sources visible for you to review and confirm.
Attorney-confirmed guardrails: community-property matters stay flagged for review before MSA language is used.
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Case Stress Test
DocketBuddy can stay fast for repeatable matter work while adding 36 practice-aware stress tests for the moments that decide value, risk, proof, local practice, and post-submission action. The point is not to make attorneys browse another catalogue. It is to show what a trustee, agency, opposing counsel, adjuster, ALJ, court, or beneficiary may question, then turn that issue into a source-backed attorney review question, proof gap, and client request.
The commercial ladder stays simple: sell the $99 automation as the front door, then expand when the file reveals contradictions, missing proof, bad facts, deadline risk, eligibility questions, credibility issues, or scope creep. Practice management records the case. Case Stress Test finds the problems someone else may use as leverage and keeps the next action attorney-controlled.
36
Practice stress tests
10
Case-critical lenses
$99
Workflow entry price
Reviewer lens
Signals from intake, uploads, deadlines, notes, and active matters decide when a stress test appears, so attorneys see the issue instead of another practice-management menu.
Issue card
Each issue shows why it surfaced, the source basis, the missing proof, and the attorney-safe next action, then lets the firm copy the client request or open the packet.
Attorney-safe handoff
Source gates, release posture, review questions, and attorney-only decisions are visible before anything becomes client-facing work.
Offer ladder
1. Start
$99 intake, document, date, and source-fact automation.
2. Stress test
Right-time review that names what may be questioned, why it surfaced, what proof is missing, and what the attorney should decide next.
3. Expand
Paid diagnostic, scope upgrade, risk review, proof package, or follow-up loop.
Scrutiny trigger
Case Stress Test should feel quiet until the matter needs it. Every prompt has to prove the right to appear, name the likely reviewer, explain the source posture, land where the attorney is already working, and preserve the client-release boundary before it suggests a value path.
1. Matter signal
The file has to earn the prompt
A stress test wakes only from a practice-specific fact pattern, uploaded source, deadline, attorney note, or queue signal tied to the matter in front of the firm.
2. Signal proof
Show why it appeared
The first screen names the matched signal, source basis, proof posture, likely reviewer, and reappear rule so the attorney can trust the interruption.
3. Surface slot
Put it where work is happening
Each prompt belongs in intake, upload review, a deadline strip, the matter panel, the attorney queue, or the dashboard queue instead of a separate catalogue.
4. Attorney gate
Keep judgment attorney-controlled
Client release, legal conclusions, strategy calls, fee changes, and outcome language stay blocked until the attorney approves the source and route.
5. Value path
Turn the moment into expansion
When the signal is real, the review can support a paid diagnostic, scope upgrade, proof package, risk review, local playbook, or post-submission control loop.
Just-in-time surfacing
Each review appears only from matched matter facts, source gaps, uploaded documents, timing cues, attorney notes, or queue priority. The first screen tells the firm who may question the issue, why it appeared, which candidates stayed quiet, what to do now, what value can be safely measured, and what must stay source-gated or attorney-only.
Intake capture
Catch scrutiny before the consult hardens
When intake answers reveal a risky fact, missing proof, or scope problem, the stress test turns it into an attorney review question instead of another vague note.
Document upload review
Find the contradiction at the source
Uploaded notices, records, statements, or financial documents wake the review only when they create a real conflict, proof gap, or reviewer question.
Deadline strip
Tie timing risk to case posture
RFE dates, hearing dates, SOL language, appeal windows, and objection periods surface as source-first scrutiny checks with attorney guardrails.
Matter panel
The open file explains what may be attacked
Inside a live matter, the first strip answers who may question the issue, why it surfaced, what proof is missing, and what must stay attorney-only.
Attorney review queue
Rank the problems that change the file
Urgent, high-value, local-practice, post-submission, and red-flag items are ranked by source posture, deadline urgency, and attorney next action.
Dashboard queue
Cross-matter scrutiny, not catalogue browsing
The dashboard shows active matters that deserve review now and stays quiet when there is no matched fact, source conflict, timing cue, or attorney-review reason.
Quiet-state rule: if the file has no matched signal, no source event, no timing cue, and no attorney-review reason, DocketBuddy stays with the ordinary 10-click workflow.
Case-critical review lenses
Consistency
Facts conflict across intake, forms, uploads, prior filings, notes, or evidence.
Proof burden
Claims, elements, eligibility points, or requested benefits lack supporting proof.
Timeline integrity
Dates have gaps, overlaps, missing month/year precision, or impossible sequences.
Bad facts
Scrutiny-worthy facts are hidden, weakly explained, or unsupported.
Deadlines and posture
Response windows, objection periods, appeals, hearings, or filings create timing risk.
Eligibility thresholds
Gatekeeping facts need attorney confirmation before the matter proceeds.
Credibility
The story is vague, contradicted, over-polished, or unsupported by corroboration.
Evidence sufficiency
The packet is coherent but thin against what a reviewer would expect.
Scope and fee risk
The matter is becoming more complex than quoted or needs a paid diagnostic.
Theory of case
The attorney sees the cleanest story, what supports it, what undermines it, and what remains unproven.
These support paid diagnostics, scope upgrades, local playbooks, risk reviews, proof packages, post-submission control, and client request packets without turning the product into a menu attorneys have to remember.
Case selection
Screen the facts that drive margin, difficulty, and fit before the matter becomes another open file.
Output: Attorney review memo
Revenue expansion
Surface adjacent claims, higher-value tracks, or premium work that routine intake can miss.
Output: Value-expansion checklist
Risk detection
Flag bad facts, missing disclosures, deadline pressure, and evidence problems while there is still time to act.
Output: Red-flag queue
Evidence sufficiency
Map each claim or agency request to the proof on hand, the gap, and the next document request.
Output: Evidence matrix
Local practice
Capture trustee, court, judge, board, or field-office preferences as attorney-owned workflow guidance.
Output: Local-practice note
Post-submission
Keep the case alive after the package goes out: objections, RFEs, follow-ups, hearings, liens, and modifications.
Output: After-filing action plan
Lead wedge
The family-law ladder starts with financial disclosure gaps, then expands into high-asset discovery, DV/fee-risk screening, and post-judgment enforcement work.
Build sequence
Turn income, assets, debts, account statements, tax records, and support facts into a missing-document and affidavit-readiness matrix.
Stress-test output
Disclosure gap matrix · Affidavit readiness score · Client request packet
A practical intake-to-disclosure wedge for family-law solos.
Identify business valuation, separate-property, dissipation, hidden-asset, support, and discovery issues in ordinary divorce intakes.
Stress-test output
Asset map · Discovery targets · Valuation issue list
Finds higher-value legal work inside matters that may look routine at intake.
Surface clients and cases likely to need safety planning, fee controls, custody escalation, contempt review, or post-judgment work.
Stress-test output
Risk screen · Safety flags · Fee-control notes
Helps solos choose better cases and protect margin before conflict consumes the file.
Track support nonpayment, custody changes, contempt exposure, relocation, and modification triggers after the decree.
Stress-test output
Enforcement checklist · Modification trigger list · Contempt evidence plan
Post-judgment work is a repeat-revenue lane most generic tools treat as plain tasks.
Organize attorney-owned judge preferences, hearing habits, required exhibits, order formats, and standing-order reminders.
Stress-test output
Judge note · Hearing prep list · Required exhibit flags
Local family-law procedure is sticky knowledge that broad case management systems rarely encode.
See it in action
The workflows family law attorneys spend the most time on: asset classification, child support, and parenting plans, organized before the first meeting.
Every asset classified from intake, with marital vs. separate tracked per item, so negotiation starts with the data instead of a blank spreadsheet.
Supported-state child support calculation from intake data, with attorney verification required before filing.
AI-drafted from case data for you to review, edit, and finalize. Not a final instrument without attorney sign-off.
The problem
Every divorce file is a financial disclosure problem. The attorney spends hours assembling asset lists, calculating support, classifying property, and pre-populating forms that the client could have completed with a link.
DV screening happens at intake, when it can actually change what you do. Every intake flags indicators before scheduling, before documents are exchanged.
DocketBuddy organizes the calculation and drafting layer: asset classification, child support, financial affidavits, and parenting plans generated from intake data, court forms pre-populated for supported states, deadlines surfaced for attorney verification, and messaging logged.
The legal judgment is yours, the financial math and document prep aren't.
What it does
DV INTAKE FLAGGING
DV indicators flagged during intake: before scheduling, before document exchange, before anything that could put your client at risk. Attorney review required before any contact with the opposing party.
CHILD SUPPORT CALCULATOR
Income shares, percentage of income, and hybrid models are organized where supported. Attorney must verify before any filing, and calculations requiring additional review are flagged.
FINANCIAL AFFIDAVIT
Your client uploads documents and DocketBuddy extracts income, expenses, assets, and liabilities to pre-populate the financial affidavit for you to review, verify, and finalize. Attorney review required before use in any filing.
ASSET & DEBT DIVISION
Track real property, retirement accounts, business interests, vehicles, and personal property. Marital and separate classification tracked per asset to support negotiation and drafting.
AI PARENTING PLAN DRAFTING
Parenting plan drafted from case data: residential schedule, holiday split, decision-making authority, and communication protocols. Attorney review and client approval required before any use.
COURT FORMS
State court forms pre-populated from intake data for Georgia, Florida, Texas, New York, and California (more expanding). Attorney review required before any filing.
SPOUSAL SUPPORT
Spousal support computed for Georgia, Florida, Texas, New York, California, and Illinois. For all other states, statutory factors are shown and attorney applies the judgment. Not a guarantee of any award.
BILINGUAL INTAKE + PORTAL
Client intake, portal, and messaging available in English and Spanish, so clients complete intake in their preferred language with no translation step.
ALL-50-STATE DEADLINE RULES
State-specific procedural deadlines organized per case. Discovery response windows, mandatory disclosure deadlines, and trial preparation timelines are surfaced for attorney verification.
TWO-WAY MESSAGING
Two-way client messaging with full audit log, scheduled deadline reminders from the workflow, documents requested and tracked, and every message stored per case.
DOCUMENT DRAFTING
Drafts update from the same case data as the matter moves, instead of starting each document from a blank page
BUNDLE DOWNLOAD
Every generated document zips together with a manifest listing what is included and what still needs attorney attention
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Client figures organize into the state's own disclosure form where one is mapped and verified, with an honest workflow summary where it is not
NEWEST CAPABILITY
Fillable forms generate for Georgia, Florida, New York, and California. Other states get an organized figure summary and a clear note on what the attorney still needs to source, never a fabricated form.
Scope and limits
Child support calculations are planning estimates. They are generated from intake data using state-specific models, but attorney verification is required before any filing. Some states return estimated amounts, the platform flags which calculations need additional verification.
Spousal support is computed for Georgia, Florida, Texas, New York, California, and Illinois. For all other states, statutory factors are displayed, attorney applies the judgment.
Court forms are available for Georgia, Florida, Texas, New York, and California. Additional states are expanding. Attorney review and verification are required before any form is filed.
Structured QDRO and parenting-plan drafts, settlement-offer tracking, custody scheduling, and support/asset workflows are included in the live workflow. Drafts are attorney work product, not filing-ready instruments, and missing or jurisdiction-specific fields are flagged for attorney completion.
AI-drafted parenting plans and marital settlement agreements require attorney review and client approval before any use; they are drafts, not final instruments.
Trust layer
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