TalkingParents was founded in 2011 by Stephen Nixon, a co-parent and family law attorney, and is based in the United States. The platform was built around a core requirement of family court practice: that co-parent communications be documented in a form that is authenticated, timestamped, and impossible to alter or delete after the fact. All messages, call recordings, shared calendar entries, and payment records are stored in Unalterable Records that carry a digital signature and a unique 16-digit authentication code.
The platform's features include secure messaging with no edit or delete capability, accountable calling with optional call recording and automated transcripts, a shared parenting calendar, expense and payment tracking, an information library for storing medical and school records, and a personal journal. Records can be exported as PDF at any time by either parent, or ordered in printed form for submission to court.
TalkingParents is used by co-parents in contentious custody disputes, and is recommended by family law attorneys, mediators, guardians ad litem, and family court judges nationwide as a tool for documenting parental conduct and adherence to custody agreements. Hundreds of thousands of families currently use the service.
Its primary differentiation from general co-parenting apps is the legal-grade integrity of its records. Because no party can edit or delete a message after sending, the records are treated as reliable evidence by courts. TalkingParents also operates a dedicated legal professional portal to help attorneys retrieve and authenticate client records for use in litigation.
Hands-on review pending.
