Court-ready records
Records that hold up when it matters
Braidly keeps co-parenting records that are complete and timestamped. Once legal hold is active, Braidly's database rejects attempts by either parent to delete records or edit their substance. One export produces a complete timestamped record, including an account activity trail of who changed what and when, with a SHA-256 content digest, so a later export of the same period can be checked against it.
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Court export — what's inside
- 1Message history, timestamped, with every edit
- 2Your journal entries (and any the other parent released)
- 3Handoff records and notes
- 4Medical entries & medication logs
- 5Expense ledger: approvals, amendments and payments
- 6Expense agreements: costs agreed before anyone spent
- 7Court dates & legal events
- 8Custody schedule history, version by version
- 9School breaks & holiday arrangements, with dated history
- 10Document index
- 11Family Access grants and every change to them
- 12Account activity trail: who changed what, and when
- 13SHA-256 digest of the complete export
sha256: 7f3a…e91c · sealed 2026-07-26T14:02:11Z
What “tamper-evident” actually means here
Most co-parenting evidence arrives in court as screenshots. Screenshots are trivially editable, arrive out of order, and always come from one side — which is why judges discount them and why opposing counsel attacks them first.
Braidly’s alternative is structural rather than cosmetic. A database trigger blocks deletes and content edits on held records; a soft-delete pattern across the records in the court export means nothing disappears, it is only marked. The export is hashed with SHA-256, so a single altered character changes the hash and the alteration is demonstrable rather than arguable.
Neither parent can get around this through the app, and Braidly staff do not edit held records — a later export's digest would differ from an earlier one if anyone did. That is the point: a record only one side can vouch for is not a record.
Structured the way modification hearings actually work
A contested custody modification turns on a small number of things: whether the schedule was followed, whether handoffs happened as agreed, whether communication was reasonable, and whether shared costs were paid.
The export is organised around exactly those questions. Custody schedule history shows what was agreed and what actually happened, including every override and who requested it. Handoff records carry notes and times. Communication is a complete thread rather than a curated selection. The expense ledger shows submissions, approvals and disputes.
Your attorney can work from it directly instead of spending billable hours reconstructing a timeline from your phone.
An honest note about the phrase “court-approved”
A lot of co-parenting apps describe themselves as court-approved or court-ordered. What that generally means is that judges have ordered families to use them, which is a reasonable signal but is not a certification anybody issues.
No app can guarantee that a given record will be admitted. Admissibility is decided by the court hearing the matter, under that jurisdiction’s rules of evidence, on the day. What an app can do is make the record complete, timestamped and provably unaltered — which removes the usual grounds for challenging it.
Braidly is a documentation and communication tool. It does not provide legal advice and does not replace an attorney.
Common questions
Is Braidly a court-approved co-parenting app?
No co-parenting app is certified by any court — the phrase generally means judges have ordered families to use a particular app. Braidly produces complete, timestamped records with a SHA-256 content digest, and a signed records-custodian declaration is available on request. Whether any specific record is admitted is always decided by the court hearing the matter.
What does legal hold do?
Legal hold locks records against changes made through the app. Once it is active, the database rejects attempts to delete messages, journal entries, expenses, payments or custody history, or to edit their substance — by either parent. Braidly operates the database and is technically capable of altering it; what the hold provides is that ordinary use of the app cannot. A banner shows both parents that the hold is in effect.
What is in the court export?
The full message history with every edit, your journal entries (and any the other parent released for discovery), handoff records, medical entries, the expense ledger with approvals, amendments and payments, court dates, the custody schedule as a dated history of versions, school breaks and holiday arrangements with their dated history, a document index, Family Access grants, an account activity trail of who changed what and when, and a SHA-256 digest of the complete export.
Can I give my attorney access without handing over my account?
Yes. You can grant an attorney, mediator or therapist read-only access scoped to specific record types. They see what you granted, cannot post or edit anything, and you can revoke the grant at any time.
Is my private journal visible to my co-parent?
Not unless you choose to show them. Each entry is private by default and is included only in your own export. You can mark an individual entry "shared" for your co-parent to read, and you can formally release your journal for litigation — a dated, revocable release that both parents can see. Without one of those deliberate acts, your co-parent never sees an entry, and a routine court export never carries it to them.
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