No lawyer. No guesswork.
Know exactly what to file next.
Prose turns your family court case into ordered steps, the right form, the real deadline, one timeline that holds it all. Structure, never legal advice.
“I filed a complaint three weeks ago. Now I have no idea what to do next, or when.”
Seven states, each on its own procedure.
Family court procedure is not portable. A Pennsylvania custody complaint and an Illinois parenting plan are different filings on different clocks, so Prose keeps a separate set of forms, deadlines and court listings for every state it covers. You will never be shown another state’s procedure.
Not in one of these states yet? Prose still keeps your timeline, filings and deadlines, it just won’t name your state’s forms until we cover it.
What Prose does and doesn’t do.
We’re deliberate about scope. Structured guidance, never advice. Procedural organization, never strategy. Here’s the line:
What Prose does
- Walks you through family court filings stage by stage
- Keeps a timestamped case timeline, filings, responses, orders, hearings
- Finds the right form for your state, with a direct link to the court’s current PDF
- Tracks every deadline with calendar reminders
- County and court lookup across all seven supported states
What it doesn’t do
- ×Give legal advice
- ×Predict how a judge will rule
- ×Recommend strategy
- ×Represent you in court
- ×Store your sealed documents (metadata only)
Everything a first-time self-rep needs.
Forms library
Your state's official family court forms in one place, with plain-language descriptions and direct links to the judiciary's current PDFs.
Deadline tracker
Auto-calculated response windows, service rules, and case-management dates from your filing history.
Stage-by-stage flow
From the first filing through the final order, in your state's own procedure. Always know where you are and what's next.
Workflow guides
Step-by-step checklists for service, response, financial disclosures, and the case-management conference.
Court lookup
Every county and judicial circuit across the four states we cover, 248 in all, with the court that hears your case.
Binder export
One-click PDF binder of every filing, response, and timeline entry, for hearings, mediators, or a future attorney.
Three steps, every time.
The same pattern as every LifePath product. Recognize, follow, prepare, adapted to filing on your own in family court.
Recognize where you are
Answer a few questions about your situation and we map you to the filing stage that fits, intake, initial filing, service, response, or hearing prep.
Follow the procedural steps
Each stage breaks the next move into clear steps with the exact forms, deadlines, and filing location for your county or circuit.
Arrive prepared
Generate a binder of every filing and timeline entry before each hearing. Walk in organized, not overwhelmed.
From notice to prepared, one step at a time.
A fictional example: Jordan, representing themselves in family court.
A guide, not a decision-maker.
All three LifePath products. $199 a year. Cancel any time.
One annual membership for Care, School, and Prose LifePath. Full Prose access, unlimited cases, and your binder export stays yours.
14 days free, no card
Full access to Prose LifePath for 14 days. You decide afterward.
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