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Texts disappear into threads. A ledger keeps the matter.
Texting and email are fine for logistics in the moment. They are a poor archive when counsel asks what happened last March — or when two parents remember different pickup times.
One matter, not ten threads
Schedules, expenses, messages, and exchanges stay in one ParentLedger matter instead of across carrier SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp, and Gmail.
Receipts stay attached
Camera-roll screenshots of receipts get lost. Expense entries with the original file attached survive review.
Counsel can be invited
Forwarding years of texts is painful. Inviting counsel to an authorized workspace is deliberate and scoped.