CHERISH
“The weight of a nap on your chest.”
A warm, private journal of fatherhood — the small moments that matter most, kept for when your children are grown and asking who you were.
Father's Continuity Engine
DEFEND
“What happened, when, and what was said.”
Clinical, factual documentation — every entry timestamped, hashed, and attorney-readable when you need it.
Your record of what happened, who you are, and what's quietly adding up.
Not legal advice. See FAQ.
The pattern, and why precision matters.
Family-law outcomes for fathers are not random. Courts, child-support enforcement, CPS investigations, DV allegations, and restraining-order hearings show documented patterns of systemic disadvantage to fathers — in custody time awarded, in burden of proof, in how quickly a claim becomes a court order.
The men who fare best are the ones who walked in with a complete, dated, attorney-readable record of their fatherhood. Most men don't have that record until it's too late.
Father's Continuity Engine exists so you do.
Eleven surfaces. One record.
Every quote below is pulled verbatim from the live product. No teaser, no waitlist — this is what you see when you sign in.
The daily loop Ships today
Journal — Cherish & Defend
"Your record of what happened, who you are, and what's quietly adding up."
Warm prompts when things are calm; clinical prompts when they aren't. Mood, tags, offline-first, real-time search syntax, and bulk export. The one habit the rest of the system feeds from.
Heirloom — child by child
"A record they inherit. One nobody can rewrite."
A profile per child. Sealed entries, life events, voice memos, and the small moments — kept so that years from now they read what you saw, in your own words, on the day it happened.
Communication shield
"Reads what you want to send, keeps the force you meant, and strips the lines that could be used against you in court."
Compose to the coparent inside the shield, log every channel (text, email, call, in-person), tag tactic and outcome. Filter, audit, export to discovery. Heat read off the page.
Crisis plan
"Severity, signal, region — the record stays clear when the day is not."
One screen for crisis planning: pick severity and signal kind, choose opt-in handlers, and keep a receipt of the signal request. Real emergency services still come first.
Plus the rest of the toolkit
Life timeline
Births, exchanges, court dates, school conferences, anniversaries — grouped by year. Pin the court-critical ones. Swipe for actions, anniversary detection across the whole record.
Pattern detection
Detectors read your journal and timeline and surface recurring patterns — missed exchanges, tone escalation, financial friction. Confidence scored; every observation traces back to specific entries.
Alienation lens
Paste a passage; the lens scans for the eight classical alienation markers (Gardner / Baker / Bernet) with evidence quotes and severity. Reviewer tooling, never a diagnosis.
Jurisdiction rules
Plain-language reference for family-law deadlines, CPS rights, recording consent, service of process, contempt standards. Each rule cited and confidence-tagged. Citation validator built in.
Document drafts
Templates for motions, responses, discovery, depositions, declarations, and letters. Mode-aware tone. Variable substitution is deterministic; every render carries a tamper-evident audit hash.
Autonomy preferences
Decide how much latitude each capability has — per operational mode and jurisdiction. Some clamps are non-negotiable (recording capture in two-party-consent states stays at suggest).
Signed PDF export
Cover page, signed body, derived insights, verification appendix. Each entry hashed and chained. PDF/A. Self-contained — verifiable without our servers, on the day your attorney opens it.
Surfaces speak to one another — the journal feeds the timeline, the timeline feeds the detectors, the detectors feed the export. You write once; the rest assembles.
What the record looks like, statistically.
Figures below are approximate and US-centric. Attribution on each card — use your own jurisdiction's data when it matters.
How it works.
Three habits. One record.
- 01
Capture daily
Journal, heirloom entries per child, comms shield for every coparent message, life events for the milestones. Cherish mode when things are calm; Defend when they aren't. Offline-first so a bad day doesn't eat the record.
- 02
The system reads it back
Pattern detection, alienation lens, jurisdiction rules, document drafts — the toolkit reads what you wrote. Confidence-scored, citation-tagged, traceable to the entry on the day. No filing system to maintain.
- 03
Escalate or hand it over
Crisis planning keeps opt-in handlers, signal context, and receipts in one place. When your attorney needs the record, the signed PDF export is one click — cover page, signed body, derived insights, verification appendix. PDF/A. Ready for review.
Attorney reviews coming after beta.
Family-law attorneys: we're actively piloting the signed-PDF export format with practicing attorneys this quarter. Want to see a sample on a live matter? Quotes and credits will land here once reviews complete — unblurred, in the attorney's name, with a link to their practice.
Pilot the export format →Early Access
Founding members lock in the rate.
One price while we build in the open. Attorney validation and v1.1 land during your first months.
$39 / month
- Unlimited journal, life timeline, comms log, heirloom entries
- Pattern detection, alienation lens, jurisdiction rules, document drafts
- Crisis plan with opt-in handler routing and receipts
- Signed PDF exports (3 per month) — tamper-evident, attorney-readable
- Offline-first on phone and desktop. Cancel anytime.
Pricing subject to change before public launch. Early-access members lock in the founding rate for the life of their subscription.
Legal posture
Father's Continuity Engine is a documentation and evidence-organization tool, not legal advice and not a substitute for an attorney. Nothing about using this product establishes an attorney-client relationship. Signed PDF exports are designed to be attorney-readable; how and whether to use them in proceedings is a decision for you and your counsel.
Questions.
Is this legal advice?
No. Father's Continuity Engine is a documentation tool. It helps you build a complete, dated, attorney-readable record of your fatherhood. Your attorney interprets that record and advises you on how to use it in any proceeding.
Can the other side subpoena my journal?
In contested custody and related matters, yes — journals can be discoverable in litigation. This is exactly why Cherish mode exists alongside Defend mode. The best journal is one you would be content to have read aloud in court. Nothing prevents you from keeping a separate private diary; just be clear with yourself which is which.
Is my data encrypted?
Yes. Data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest. Signed PDF exports include a local anchor chain so the record is tamper-evident even if copied off-platform. See our privacy policy for the full technical posture.
Does this work if I lose custody or move states?
Yes. Your account is portable. Signed PDF exports are self-contained and verifiable without our servers. State-specific deadline and statute features currently cover California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois, expanding over time.
What if I'm the mother, non-binary, or co-parenting amicably?
The architecture is gender-neutral. Wedge marketing targets fathers because fathers are the documented underserved group in family-law outcomes. The product itself is for any parent or guardian who wants a durable record of their care.
Who built this?
A small team led by Marko R. Learn more about the project and its stewards on the home page.
Start the record today.
The best time to have a complete record of your fatherhood is before you need one. The second best time is tonight.
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