How It Works

From Your First Document
to Your Court Date

Litigent isn't a chatbot. It's a structured legal intelligence system built around the real workflow of a Canadian family court case. Here's exactly how it works.

01
First Step

Case Setup

In five minutes, you give Litigent the foundation it needs. Province. Court file number. Parties. Children. Type of proceeding. This information immediately activates the correct rule sets, forms library, and legal knowledge base for your specific jurisdiction.

  • ️Province-specific activation — live in New Brunswick today, with Ontario and the rest of Canada rolling out
  • ‍‍Children's details: ages, schools, health info (private, encrypted)
  • Proceeding type: custody, access, divorce, financial disclosure
  • Court dates and filing deadlines auto-loaded
Case Setup Wizard
Province
Ontario
Court File Number
FC-2025-1247
Your Name
John Smith (Applicant)
Opposing Party
Jane Smith (Respondent)
Number of Children
2 children
Type of Proceeding
Custody & Access
Ontario Family Court Forms Activated
Form 14A (Affidavit), Form 35.1 (Information), Form 13 (Financial Statement) loaded. Ontario Family Law Rules applied.
Document Vault
Custody Order — March 2024.pdf
Court Order
Email Thread — School Pickup Dispute
Correspondence
Financial Disclosure Statement
Financial
Text Messages — Access Denial Nov 2024
Evidence
Medical Records — Child Healthcare
Medical
AI Analysis Complete
47 documents processed · 312 key facts extracted · 8 timeline events identified
02
Second Step

Document Intelligence

Upload everything. Court orders, emails, text messages, financial records, school reports. Your AI team reads every document and builds a comprehensive intelligence file — categorized, searchable, and cross-referenced with your case timeline.

  • AI reads and categorizes every document automatically
  • ️Key events extracted and pinned to your case timeline
  • ️Red flags flagged: violations, patterns, inconsistencies
  • Documents cross-referenced with legal arguments
03
Third Step

Agent Architecture

When you ask a question or request a document, the right specialists from your team of eight activate together, each running its analysis in parallel, then synthesising the results into one unified answer.

Coordinator Agent
Routes queries · Synthesizes outputs · Quality control
↓↓↓↓↓
Norwood
Strategy
  • Case framing
  • Conflict assessment
  • Financial strategy
Lockhart
Research
  • CanLII search
  • Case law synthesis
  • SCC precedents
Caldwell
Parenting
  • Best interests
  • Access patterns
  • Bond evidence
Price
Drafting
  • Court documents
  • Affidavits
  • Briefs
Evidence
Evidence
  • Exhibit prep
  • Timeline
  • Pattern analysis
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Unified Output
Cited · Court-formatted · Province-specific
04
Fourth Step

The Output

Litigent produces documents that can actually be filed in court. Not drafts that need a lawyer to clean up. Not generic templates with your name dropped in. Real, court-formatted draft documents built from your specific facts, your province's rules, and binding case law.

Pre-Trial Brief
Complete strategic brief with your position, key arguments, and proposed resolutions — formatted to your province's family court standards.
Court Forms
Form 72J (NB), Form 35.1 (ON), and other province-specific forms — pre-filled with your information, explained field by field.
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Case Law Package
The specific cases that apply to your situation, with relevant passages highlighted and legal principles summarized.
‍‍
Parenting Position
Structured argument for your proposed parenting arrangement, grounded in the best interests framework and your documented history.
Sample Pre-Trial Brief Extract

APPLICANT'S PRE-TRIAL BRIEF

Superior Court of Justice
Family Division

Section 3: Parenting Proposal

The Applicant proposes equal shared parenting pursuant to s.16(4) of the Divorce Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.).

Section 4: Governing Case Law

Gordon v. Goertz [1996] 2 SCR 27 — The paramount consideration is the best interests of the child. Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed in Serra v. Serra 2009 ONCA 105...

CanLII Citations Verified
Incident Log
Nov 14, 2024 · 6:02 PMAccess Denial

Scheduled pickup denied at school. Children not available at agreed time. Witness: teacher on duty.

Nov 22, 2024 · 4:17 PMCommunication

Phone call with children blocked. 3 attempts in 4 hours. No response.

Dec 3, 2024 · 8:45 AMWelfare

Children arrived without winter clothing despite temperature of -12°C.

Encrypted · Timestamped · Court-ready export available
05
Ongoing

Ongoing Intelligence

Family court cases don't end after the first filing. Litigent stays with you through every motion, every court date, every incident. Your case memory grows with every update. Your AI team adapts.

  • Case memory: every document, argument, and event remembered across sessions
  • Evidence-grade incident log: timestamped, witnessed, court-ready
  • Motion-ready: rapid document generation as your case evolves
  • Adaptive strategy: your AI team updates recommendations as circumstances change

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