In the increasingly technological society we live in, there seems to be an app for almost every activity from communicating with friends and family via video calls to investigating home values and sale prices. But, when the topic of divorce comes to mind, many do not consider how apps found on laptops, tablets or cell phones may prove extremely useful to the litigants in divorce and other domestic relations matters such as child support and child custody modifications. Below is a list of four apps, along with brief descriptions of each, that may make the divorce process less stressful for both parties involved.
Four Helpful Divorce Apps:
2houses - 2houses is an online co-parenting facilitator that may be accessed via a mobile app as well. This app was specifically designed to help separated or divorced parents communicate more easily and effectively concerning their children's lives, parenting time schedules, school schedules and extracurricular activities. Some of the apps features include: the ability of both parents to edit and update a shared digital calendar, the ability to track shared expenses, and the ability to exchange important information such as school activities and assignments and medical details.
Divorce Log - Often, in matters involving alimony, child support or child custody disputes, litigants are advised to maintain a diary or log of all certain activities, such as payments received or dates of exercised parenting time. Divorce Log is an app designed to make such documentation easy for those involved in contested divorce actions or other contested family law matters. The app, which may be purchased for $4.99, is a calendar-based program that allows a party to log case relevant information in one place, and forward the compiled information directly to an email address (such as an attorney's or ex-spouses email address).
iSplit Divorce - iSplit Divorce is an app specifically designed for Apple mobile devices, such as iPads and iPhones. This app helps divorcing couples divide their marital assets and debts by allowing the couple to assign an icon and monetary value to each asset or debt subject to division. Once each asset or debt is assigned an icon and value, the app allows the users to move the icons between the parties prompting the program to automatically re-calculate the asset and debt distribution between the parties and the net value of the couple's assets in real time. Once the users have arranged the icons such that a fair division has been achieved, the information may then be exported into a spreadsheet and shared with attorneys or financial advisors. Using this app may be easier and more user-friendly that utilizing marital balance sheets generated by certain attorneys.
Georgia's Child Support Calculator Child Support Calculator - This app may provide divorcing parents a convenient way to investigate potential child support payments. Although this app allows users to estimate their potential child support payment according to their state's guidelines, a more accurate estimate child support obligations may be obtained by completing the Child Support Calculator.