For family lawyers and mediators
Elephant Diary helps your clients keep a calm, factual record of parenting time, exchanges, expenses and what the other parent said, sealed with the time each entry was written. When you need it, they send you one PDF with the summary first and every entry behind it, instead of a folder of screenshots.
The sample is a made-up family from the demo: 33 pages, built from 18 months of entries.
What it gives you
Parenting time against the order over 30, 60 and 90 days, with the difference broken down by cause: late and missed exchanges by each parent, and agreed changes. Then changes to the schedule, section 7 expenses with what each parent paid, messages from the other parent, and how the children were doing.
Each entry shows when it happened and when it was written. Photos, screenshots, receipts and recordings follow as exhibits, each with a SHA-256 fingerprint.
Entries are chained and stamped with the time our server received them. They can't be edited or deleted; a correction is a new, visible entry. The package explains how to check it. Whether a court accepts it is always up to the court.
Turning texts and screenshots into a timeline is slow work for you or your clerk, and on fixed-fee or legal aid files it's often unpaid. The package does that part, so your time goes to the legal work.
Before your client replies to the other parent, Elephant Diary flags wording that could read as hostile and suggests a calmer version. Fewer heated messages to explain later.
You don't need an account. Your client sends you the PDF by email or prints it. Their notes about meetings with you stay private and are never put in the package.
For your clients
Good to know
No. Elephant Diary is a private record for one parent. The other parent never joins and isn't notified. It works alongside whatever the parents use to talk to each other.
Only what your client chooses to send you, usually the PDF package or a spreadsheet of every entry. We can't see it either: it's encrypted with a key only your client's password unlocks.
That's for the court. Elephant Diary is built so your client can show the record hasn't been changed: each entry carries the time it was received, entries can't be edited or deleted, and the package explains how to check the fingerprints.
No. It suggests neutral, factual wording and keeps the record organized. It never tells parents what to do in their case. Elephant Diary is not a law firm.
Parents in Canada, outside Quebec for now, since the app is only in English. It's built for Canadian family law first, with section 7 expenses and parenting time measured against an order or agreement.
Get a client code
We check every request against the law society or mediator directories, then email you your code, usually within 2 working days. If you'd like, we'll add a 15-minute walkthrough.