ParentDocket

The co-parenting app built for the courtroom — without the courtroom price

Certified messaging, custody calendar, and expense tracking. Every message is sealed, timestamped, and exportable as a court-ready record that cannot be edited or deleted — by anyone.

$4.99/mo  ·  second parent always free  ·  14-day free trial
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Append-only recordSHA-256 sealed messagesCertified PDF exportsOne subscription, both parents

Everything a court order asks for. Nothing it doesn't.

ParentDocket keeps communication civil, documented, and verifiable — so weekend text wars become a clean, factual record.

CORE

Certified Messaging

Messages are sealed into a tamper-evident hash chain the instant they're sent. Each carries its own authentication code. No edits. No deletions. No "I never said that."

CORE

Certified PDF Export

One tap produces a court-ready PDF: every message, timestamp, and authentication code, plus an integrity certification recomputed from the full record at export time.

CORE

Custody Calendar

Schedules, overrides, swap requests, and check-ins — with a full change log, so every agreed change is documented with who asked and who approved.

Shared Expenses

Log expenses with receipts, split automatically, accept or dispute with a paper trail, and settle up — every step recorded.

Tone Check

Optional AI review flags hostile wording before you hit send — because everything you write here may be read aloud in court someday.

Custody Order Parser

Upload your custody order and ParentDocket reads it and builds your calendar — exchanges, holidays, and all.

How the certified record works

Most apps say "court-friendly." ParentDocket shows its work.

  1. Sealed at send. The moment a message is sent, the platform computes a SHA-256 hash over the previous message's hash, the conversation, the sender, the text, and the timestamp — chaining every message to the one before it.
  2. Append-only by design. The record is locked at the database level. There is no edit button to hide, because there is no edit capability at all.
  3. Verified at export. The Certified Export recomputes the entire chain from the first message onward. If even one character had changed, the certification would say so — on that exact message.
PARENTDOCKET
Certified Communication Record

Record integrity: VERIFIED — 214 of 214 messages
2026-05-14 17:02 UTC — Alex
Pickup confirmed for Friday 5pm.
Auth code: E8D4-5BE5-812B · Chain: verified
2026-05-14 17:09 UTC — Blake
Friday works. Sending my half tonight.
Auth code: 21B3-A4AB-8A85 · Chain: verified

Court-grade record. Family-grade price.

The leading court-ordered apps charge each parent separately. ParentDocket covers both parents on one subscription.

AppPublished priceSecond parent
OurFamilyWizard$99–$199 per parent / yrPays separately
TalkingParents Ultimateup to ~$600 per family / yrPays separately
AppCloseFree tier discontinued (2026)
ParentDocket$49.99 / yr (or $4.99/mo)Always free

Competitor pricing as published on their websites, June 2026. Plans and pricing may change.

Simple pricing. One subscription covers both homes.

Start with a 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime.

Monthly

$4.99
per month
  • Certified messaging & exports
  • Custody calendar & swaps
  • Shared expenses
  • Second parent free
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2 MONTHS FREE

Annual

$49.99
per year
  • Everything in Monthly
  • Certified messaging & exports
  • Custody calendar & swaps
  • Second parent free
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Questions parents ask

Does my co-parent have to pay too?

No. One subscription covers both parents. Your co-parent joins free with a link code — full access, no second subscription, ever.

Are ParentDocket messages admissible in court?

Admissibility is always the court's decision, but ParentDocket is built to make that decision easy: messages are sealed into a SHA-256 hash chain at send time, the record is append-only at the database level, and every Certified Export re-verifies the entire chain and prints per-message authentication codes both sides can independently reference.

Can messages be edited or deleted?

No. The record is append-only — enforced in the database itself, not just hidden in the interface. Neither parent, nor ParentDocket support, can change a sent message.

What if my co-parent refuses to use it?

Your messages are still sealed, timestamped, and exportable as a certified record. Many parents start solo and invite their co-parent later — joining is free, so cost is never their excuse.

How do I get started?

Create your account, start your 14-day free trial, and send your co-parent a link code. You'll both be on one documented record in under five minutes.