The Master Case File (MCF) is the central record everything else on RYTZ reads from. This page walks through every field with what it’s used for downstream — and which to spend the extra minute on.
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The Master Case File (MCF) is the central record for your matter on RYTZ. Every other tool on the platform reads from it — your name on the parenting plan, your s60CC briefing, your Settlement Planner’s contributions assessment, the AI assistant’s “what do I know about this user” context.Time well spent here multiplies the value of every minute spent everywhere else.
Personalises the parenting plan (“Lucy and Tom” not “the children”).
Children’s ages (or DOBs once captured)
Drives age-anchored review windows in the parenting plan (e.g. “anticipated 12th birthday on 1 January 2032”), the s60CC capacity assessment, and several settlement-planner adjustments.
Children’s relationships to each parent
Biological / step / adopted. The court framework treats these slightly differently in some settings.
Anchors the limitation periods — s44(3) of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) gives 12 months from divorce for a property settlement application; s44(5) gives two years from separation for de facto matters.
Relationship start year
Used in the Settlement Planner’s contributions assessment — the longer the relationship, the more the contributions argument shifts toward equality (Mallet line of authority).
Unlocks the family-violence safety overlay clause in the parenting plan. Affects the s60CC best-interests analysis (under the post-6-May-2024 framework, the safety of the child and each person who has care of the child is the first of six considerations the court must weigh — s60CC(2)(a)). Tells the AI assistant to treat the matter with appropriate care.
Intervention order in force
If yes, the parenting plan’s safety overlay cross-references the FVO directly.
Child-protection involvement
If a state child-protection authority is involved, the platform surfaces additional warnings and recommends specialist legal advice.
Drives the auto-rendered routine in the parenting plan calendar (state-specific public holidays), the Settlement Planner’s stamp-duty calculations on property transfers, and any state-specific procedural notes in the Case Roadmap.
Some MCF fields are needed for the parenting plan to reach the Filing-ready tier on the Plan Readiness Ribbon. These are captured directly inside the Parenting Planner via the Filing details modal — you don’t need to set them up at intake.They include:
Postal addresses for both parties (used on the title page + as service addresses)
Children’s full dates of birth (filing-ready documents identify each child by name + DOB, not just age)
Date of separation (also captured here if not at intake)
Your Master Case File is private to you. RLS policies on the database mean even RYTZ engineers can’t see your specific data without your explicit consent. The AI assistant uses your MCF only to answer your own questions, in your own session.We never sell user data, never share with third parties, and never train models on your specific case content. See Privacy and data for the detail.
