For family-law attorneys
A money story you can explain.
Source-linked findings, a case timeline, and Florida financial affidavit output (in beta) help you walk a client, mediator, or court through what the records show.
The problem today
The records arrive long before the story does.
Records arrive in piles
Discovery brings statements from different banks, cards, and accounts, in different formats and rarely in order. Before anyone can say what happened, someone has to sort it all out.
The money story is hard to explain
A client, a mediator, or a judge needs to understand what moved, when, and between whom. Rows of transactions don't tell that story on their own.
Simple questions wait on the expert
A question like where a transfer went can wait for the expert's next pass through the records. That slows preparation for a mediation or a deposition.
How ForensicTrail helps
From a stack of records to a story you can explain.
AI works out unfamiliar statement layouts and sorts what your firm's rules don't cover, helping turn the pile of records into an organized ledger your expert can check.
See the whole money picture in one place
The case dashboard shows money in and out for the analysis period, a monthly cash-flow chart that can mark the separation date from the case timeline, and the items still waiting on someone. Assign a document to a party and its transactions inherit that party; an account with no assignment shows as Unassigned rather than guessing.
Fictional sample matter. The case dashboard: totals, monthly cash flow with the separation marked, action items, and both parties.The case dashboard for the fictional matter Marlowe v. Marlowe, analysis period Jan 2024 – Dec 2024, shows 37 transactions awaiting review, 2 CTR-adjacent transactions, 1 unmatched transfer, and net cash flow of -$32,225. Its monthly cash-flow chart compares money in and out for each month and marks the separation in July 2024, and the Parties panel lists Evelyn Marlowe and Graham Marlowe.The top of the case dashboard: totals and monthly cash flow with the separation marked.The top of the case dashboard for the fictional matter Marlowe v. Marlowe, analysis period Jan 2024 – Dec 2024: a next best action to review 37 low-confidence transactions; total inflow $502,685, total outflow $534,910, net cash flow -$32,225, and 2,418 transactions; and the monthly cash-flow chart comparing money in and out for each month and marks the separation in July 2024. Explain a conclusion with its evidence attached
Ask the read-only case assistant plain-English questions about the ledger and get cited answers grounded in the case's own transactions, without a spreadsheet request back and forth with the expert. When an answer holds up, save it as a source-linked Finding with its claim, the evidence it cites, and any counter-evidence. The claim can be edited as the matter develops, and earlier versions stay in the audit history.
Fictional sample matter. A saved Finding: the claim, the transaction it cites, and the question it came from.An open Finding in the fictional matter Marlowe v. Marlowe, titled “Unexplained $48,000.00 wire out of joint checking”. Its claim cites the wire as evidence [1], Bates MARLO_000147; it has 0 counter-evidence items and was saved from the question “Where did the $48,000.00 February wire go?”. Show exactly where a number came from
Transactions extracted from statements trace back to the page they came from, labeled with a sequential Bates number for the case, and you can export an ordered Bates index for production. Opening the source shows the original page beside the transactions read from it, with the one you followed highlighted. Manually entered transactions and CSV imports have no source page, so they carry no label.
Fictional sample matter. The statement viewer: the original page beside the transactions read from it.The statement viewer for Sample Community Bank account ending 4821, statement period 2024-02-01 to 2024-02-29, in the fictional matter Marlowe v. Marlowe. Page 3 of 6 of the original statement sits beside the transactions read from it (42 in total), with the $48,000.00 outgoing wire selected and marked Needs review. Start the financial affidavit from the reviewed ledger
Where the affidavit (in beta) is turned on for your firm, a Florida Form 12.902(c) financial affidavit draft builds from the same reviewed ledger for the party you choose, and you can download the filled official form. Each income and expense line built from the ledger links to the transactions and statement pages behind it; lines you fill in or change by hand are marked as manual.
How a matter moves
Your case, step by step.
Open the matter
Set the analysis period and the parties, and add milestones such as marriage and separation to the case timeline.
Upload what discovery produces
Add PDF statements and tax records as they arrive, and assign each document to the party it belongs to.
Let the records be checked
Transactions are read into one ledger and checked against each statement's printed balances, and a reviewer resolves what the system isn't sure about.
Ask and explore
Look at the dashboard, transfers between accounts, and flagged activity, and ask the case assistant plain-English questions.
Explain it
Walk a client, mediator, or court through saved Findings and the statement pages behind them.
Questions
What family-law attorneys ask us.
Who decides what the records mean?
You and your expert do. ForensicTrail uses AI to help read statements, sort transactions into categories, and answer questions about a case. It doesn't have the last word. A statement's transactions are used only once they add up to its printed balances. Any category the system isn't sure about waits for a person on your team to approve, correct, or exclude. And only a person can save a Finding; the assistant can't create one.
What records can we upload?
Bank and credit-card statements, paystubs, and tax returns, including W-2 and 1099 forms, all as PDFs. You can also enter transactions by hand or import them from a CSV file. If your matter involves other kinds of accounts, tell us and we'll walk through it in a demo.
How is our firm's data kept separate?
Each firm's records are kept apart from every other firm's. People can open only the firms they belong to, and our servers check that membership. Inside your firm, anyone signed in can open every case.
What does it cost?
We discuss pricing in a demo, where our team can also walk through the workflow with you.
Can the analysis account for the date of separation?
Yes. Add milestones such as marriage, separation, and trial to the case timeline. The monthly cash-flow chart can mark the separation date, and the case assistant uses these dates when you ask before-and-after questions.