For professionals
Court Order Kit & read-only access
OnRecord lets a lawyer, guardian, or mediator look only. They see a short summary, messages a parent saved, and the PDF. They cannot message the parents, and they do not pay a second plan. Check an export with the code on the PDF cover. No account. Parents download the sample order wording in the iPhone app (Settings → Court record). This page is the same handout, for printing or sharing.
OnRecord — Court Order Kit
Suggested language & what the app records
Suggested order language
Adapt to your jurisdiction and facts. OnRecord does not provide legal advice.
Use of OnRecord
The parties shall use the OnRecord mobile application (or another platform the parties agree to in writing or the Court orders) as the exclusive method of written communication regarding the minor child(ren), except for emergencies requiring immediate verbal contact or as ordered by the Court. Each party shall maintain an active account, respond to schedule-change requests within forty-eight (48) hours, and not delete or alter messages once sent. The application timestamps messages and does not allow either party to edit or delete a message after it is sent.
Calendar & schedule changes
The parties shall enter the parenting schedule and custody exchanges in OnRecord. Proposed schedule changes shall be submitted through the in-app schedule-change request feature. A change is not effective until accepted by the other party or ordered by the Court. Either party may export the shared calendar to personal calendar software (iCal) for convenience; the OnRecord log remains the authoritative record.
Expenses & documentation
Shared child-related expenses shall be logged in OnRecord with amount, category, due date, and receipt when available. Disputes shall be noted in the expense record; payment outside the app does not remove the ledger entry.
Export for court
Either party may generate a PDF covering messages, calendar events, pickup notes, and expenses for a date range. Each PDF includes a code and a fingerprint of that download, printed on the cover. Anyone can check the code on the OnRecord website without an account. The website does not open the PDF, so it cannot catch pages changed later. A court decides whether to use the file.
Communication standards
The parties are encouraged to read the in-app warning before sending (the app calls this Record Check) and to put each note in the matching conversation. Routine parenting matters shall be placed in the appropriate topic (Schedule, Expenses, Medical, School, Travel, Emergency, or General) as defined in the app.
Emergency communications
Urgent child safety or medical matters may be sent in an Emergency topic thread. Routine parenting matters shall not be sent as emergency messages. Push notifications may be limited to emergency topics when a party enables that setting.
PDF codes
Each PDF includes a code and a fingerprint of that download. Enter the code on Check an export to see what OnRecord saved when the file was made. This page does not open the PDF, so it cannot catch pages changed later. It does not decide whether a court will accept the file.
What OnRecord records
- Timestamped messages that neither parent can edit or delete after sending, organized by topic (Schedule, Expenses, Medical, School, Travel, Emergency, General).
- A warning before you send (the app calls this Record Check). It can also point out a note that belongs in another conversation. You can still send.
- You can see when the other parent opened a message.
- A shared calendar for parenting time, school, and doctor visits. On a pickup you can note arrived, handed over, and left. Schedule changes are accepted or declined in the app.
- Counts of schedule changes. These are facts, not a parenting score.
- Shared kid expenses with a receipt, a due date, and a status such as waiting, questioned, or paid.
- A way to save specific messages for your lawyer.
- A PDF with a fingerprint of that download, a code, pickup notes, and an optional summary written on the phone. The summary is not legal advice.
- A lawyer can look, not message. The app shows a short summary of the case.
- Invite code linking both parents to one case.
- Account and case metadata (display names, export timestamps) — not edited message bodies.
Platform note: OnRecord is iOS-only today. Both co-parents need the app for full value. See honest limits on the home page.