For attorneys, mediators, and parenting coordinators
A co-parenting platform with free portal access for the professionals working with the family. Court-admissible records, family-unit pricing that doesn't add to your client's costs, and an optional SMS Relay add-on that captures both sides of the conversation even if one parent prefers texting.
What CoPa does differently for your clients and for you
Family-unit pricing means both clients are served by one subscription.
Every other major co-parenting app charges per parent. Recommending OurFamilyWizard to a client means recommending a $300-$600/year combined cost to a household already paying you. CoPa's plan is $140/year, total, both parents covered. The inviting parent pays; the other gets full access at no charge. Easier to recommend; lower friction to adopt.
SMS Relay captures both sides, regardless of who installs the app.
Either parent can add SMS Relay for $7/month. If one parent refuses to install the app, their texts still land on the shared record. If both parents have CoPa but one just prefers texting, that works too. The record is the same either way. Pre-litigation, this means your client can start building a documented communication history without waiting for a court order compelling the other parent to use a platform.
Free portal access for you, no per-case charge.
You're listed as a third party on as many family records as your clients invite you to, with no subscription cost. We don't tier the portal. We don't charge for additional family invitations. We don't lock features behind a paid plan. The portal access is, and stays, free.
Records are built for legal review.
Every message, expense, schedule change, and Bridge Note is timestamped at the server, immutable after submission, and exportable as a PDF with cryptographic verification metadata for chain-of-custody review. Exports include the full audit trail on schedule changes, including proposals that were denied or expired.
What the Legal Portal looks like
A unified view of every client family.
Sign in once and see all your invited families on a single dashboard. Filter by client, by case status, by recent activity. No screenshot bundles, no PDFs the client emailed you, no logging into multiple accounts.
Read-only access by default.
You see what the family sees. You don't post messages, you don't edit the calendar, you don't change expenses. The portal is for review, not participation.
Selective access controls.
Family members choose which data you can see: messages, calendar windows, ledger categories. Default is everything. They can scope it down if there's content they want to keep out of the legal review (typically the private journal, which is never visible to anyone else by default).
One-tap export.
Generate a PDF of any date range or category. Verification metadata included. Format designed to attach directly to filings without reformatting.
Honest comparison: CoPa vs OurFamilyWizard
OFW is the incumbent. We won't pretend otherwise. It's been around since 2001 and has years of court familiarity behind it. Most family law professionals have used it. If a judge in your jurisdiction is going to recognize one co-parenting app's records on sight, it's probably OFW.
What CoPa offers that OFW doesn't:
Family-unit pricing.
Both parents under one subscription ($140/yr total), instead of $110-$300/year each.
SMS Relay.
Optional $7/mo add-on. Captures both sides of the conversation even if one parent never installs the app.
Bridge Notes at handoffs.
Structured exchange-time updates (sleep, mood, food, health) that become part of the record.
Item Tracker.
Track where kids' belongings are between houses. Both parents see the same list.
GPG-signed evidence packages.
Every export is cryptographically signed. Your firm can verify authenticity independently, not just trust a PDF.
Receiver-side Calm Reading.
OFW's ToneMeter rewrites on the sender's side. CoPa's Calm Reading runs on the receiver's side only. The sender's original message is always the legal record.
iCal sync.
Custody schedule feeds into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook.
Where OFW still has the edge:
In-app payments.
OFW processes payments between parents. CoPa tracks expenses and splits but doesn't move money. We built the ledger to be accurate and exportable; payment processing adds complexity and fees that most families handle fine through Venmo or Zelle.
Court familiarity.
OFW has been around since 2001 and judges in some jurisdictions recognize it by name. CoPa's records meet the same chain-of-custody standard, with cryptographic signing that OFW doesn't offer, but we're newer to the courtroom.
We're happy to provide chain-of-custody documentation for your firm's review. Reach out and we'll send it over.
For parenting coordinators and mediators with active caseloads
The free portal covers reviewing-attorney access. We're also planning a Practitioner Pro tier for parenting coordinators, mediators, and supervising professionals who need to actively participate in case communication, not just observe.
Practitioner Pro will include:
- Active participation in family messaging, with role-tagged messages
- Decision logging on coordinator-mediated disputes
- Multi-family caseload management with workflow tools
- Caseload-level reporting and analytics
Practitioner Pro pricing will be announced at launch. If you'd like early access or input on what Pro should include, contact us.
Get in touch
If you'd like to recommend CoPa to clients, request portal access, or talk to us about how CoPa fits your practice, email attorneys@getcopa.app. We respond within one business day.
We're also happy to:
- Provide chain-of-custody documentation for your firm's review
- Walk through the portal on a 20-minute Zoom call
- Add your firm's logo to a co-branded resource for clients
- Sponsor or speak at MD/DC/VA family law CLE events
CoPa is built by Joel Messer at Connemara Labs, a one-person software studio in Maryland. Joel is a software engineer, not an attorney. Claims about record admissibility and chain-of-custody procedures are reviewed by outside Maryland family law counsel before publication.