[Solved] Mobile app for child maintenance

I'm way past the stage of needing anything like this, but I wonder how an app would be used, or where you intend the results to be shown to the parent? I can only see that it could be useful in providing a record of events for court, and I'm doubtful that a court would accept it as evidence.

Sorry if this sounds negative - I don't want you to spend time developing an app for the sake of it, but if I can ask the right questions so that it is something that would be useful, then I would hope that would help you.

Hi There,
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I agree with actd above that it may not be able to be used as evidence in court.
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I can see some benifits though, if you had a difficult ex or an abusive ex, then having an app for comunicating could be good, it would mean that either party wouldn't need to have each others mobile numbers or email adress, they could do everything through an app, it would cut back on the calls/txt that are abusive, you would have the ability to write comands that could help.
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For example an option to block for a certain amount of time rather than just blocking, I know you can block txt messages, but as said if you want to avoid giving your number to the ex, this could be an answer. If the ex had your number and was texting, you may be able to bring those txt into the app instead of the inbox meaning that you could read when you wanted rather than them just coming up on your screen.
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although it may not be able to be used in court, there could also be an option to export all messages to something like excel in dated and timed order.
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I can see it being useful for some people.
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GTTS

The app would be used as a payment tool for child maintenance and shared expenses ( e.g. you agreed to pay together for shoes, school, karate lessons - one parent pays the bill, take a picture of it, upload it to the platform and request reimbursement, with no need to present bank account number to the ex), visit management (calendar with agreed dates, time, activities, etc.), call, chat and messaging feature (with no need to provide phone number to the ex), and on the end legal advice and database provided.

Don't be so sure the court would not accept it, because it's a current trend for them to get in line with social networks and new technology. I've heard of a lot of issues where they accepted fb messenger and viber messages as relevant. I agree it must be tough to do it, but it's possible I think.

Anyway, thank you for starting a topic...

I tried to complete the survey but my age and marital status was all you required before ending it with me!

I was going to answer it as a moderator, with much experience of the sorts of problems you talk of, not from personal experience.

I think the app would be a good idea, although I don't see what extra it would bring that can't be done through texts etc anyway. Although the child maintenance side of things would probably be more useful than using it as a general communication/contact tool.

It's commonplace for screenshots of texts to be used as evidence in family courts these days.