If you’re reading this, you’re probably navigating a separation, considering one, or supporting someone who is. RYTZ exists to help. This page orients you. It takes 10 minutes to read end-to-end and will leave you with a clear sense of what RYTZ does, how to think about your matter, and where to start on the platform.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.rytz.com.au/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
The shape of an Australian family-law matter
A typical separation in Australia involves three parallel tracks:Parenting
Where the children live, when they spend time with each parent, who decides major issues. Governed by Part VII of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth).
Property
How the asset pool is divided — the family home, super, businesses, debts. Governed by section 79 (or s90SM for de facto matters).
Support
Child support (administered by Services Australia) and spousal maintenance (rare, but available where one party can’t meet their reasonable needs).
The two big choices you need to make
1. Are you trying to agree, or are you heading to court?
Most matters settle. The Federal Circuit and Family Court actively pushes parties toward agreement — through pre-action procedures (section 60I for parenting, the pre-action requirements for property), Family Dispute Resolution, and the conciliation conferences before final hearing. If you’re trying to agree, the platform’s job is to help you draft proposals that are clear, fair, and structured the way the court would expect. If you’re heading to court, the platform helps you prepare — your case file, your evidence, your legal exposure — so you arrive ready.2. Are you doing this self-represented, or with a lawyer?
Most users are some combination of both. They use RYTZ to do the structured work themselves, then engage a lawyer for the high-leverage moments (reviewing the parenting plan before signing, drafting the property settlement deed, appearing at court). This hybrid approach often produces better outcomes than either extreme — better than fully self-representing (you miss things) and often better than fully lawyered-up (you lose the day-to-day understanding of your own matter).What’s on the platform
Master Case File
Your central record. Names, dates, children, FV history, ATSI status, jurisdictional details. Everything else on the platform reads from here.
Parenting Planner
A guided 11-clause workflow that produces a court-style parenting plan under section 63C of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth).
Settlement Planner
Builds your asset pool, scores contributions under the Stanford / Mallet framework, and runs an AI fairness analysis against the s79 factors.
Case Roadmap
Walks you through the FCFCOA process — pre-action, application, procedural orders, mediation, trial preparation, hearing.
Document Intelligence
Upload your court documents (or the other party’s). RYTZ extracts the facts, the dates, and the legal exposure.
AI Assistant
Conversational. Ask anything about Australian family law. Grounded in the actual statutes and case law, not training-data guesses.
Your first hour
Here’s the most useful sequence for a new account:Set up your Master Case File (10 minutes)
Open the setup wizard and walk through the Tailored intake. The more detail you provide, the better every subsequent tool works. See Setting up your case file.
Open the AI assistant and ask your hardest question (5 minutes)
Whatever’s keeping you up at night — Can my ex move interstate? What happens to super in a property split? Do I have to pay child support if I have the kids 50%? RYTZ’s chat is grounded in the statutes and the case law, so the answers are sourced.
Open the Parenting Planner and draft clauses 1–3 (15 minutes)
Don’t try to finish the plan in one session. Just get the first few clauses down. The structured editors handle the legal phrasing; you provide the facts.
Open the Case Roadmap to see where you sit (5 minutes)
The Roadmap will show you the FCFCOA stage you’re at and the next two or three things you’d typically do.
The most important thing to know
RYTZ does not make decisions for you. We surface the legal framework, structure the workflow, and produce documents that meet court standard. The substantive choices are yours. Where the choices have legal consequences you don’t fully understand, we will say so and tell you when to consult a qualified Australian family lawyer.
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Who RYTZ is for
A clearer picture of the cases RYTZ handles well — and the ones where you should engage a lawyer first.
Setting up your case file
Walks you through the Master Case File intake, field by field, with what each one is used for downstream.