# RYTZ

> Help and guides for RYTZ — Australia's family-law platform for self-representing parents.

## Docs

- [Pricing and tiers](https://help.rytz.com.au/account/pricing-and-tiers.md): How RYTZ is priced — what's free, what's premium, and what each tier unlocks.
- [Privacy and data](https://help.rytz.com.au/account/privacy-and-data.md): What happens to your data on RYTZ — what we store, what we don't, who can see it, and what we'd never do.
- [Account security](https://help.rytz.com.au/account/security.md): Two-factor authentication, session management, sign-out everywhere, family-violence safe-exit, and the security practices RYTZ recommends for accounts holding active matter data.
- [Settings](https://help.rytz.com.au/account/settings.md): The settings hub at /settings — account details, security, notifications, theme, data residency, integrations, and the controls that shape how RYTZ behaves for you day-to-day.
- [Subscription and billing](https://help.rytz.com.au/account/subscription-and-billing.md): How RYTZ subscriptions work, where to view your billing history, how to upgrade or downgrade, what happens when a trial ends, and the platform's refund and cancellation policy.
- [Create from scratch](https://help.rytz.com.au/affidavits/create-from-scratch.md): A guided wizard that walks you through structured prompts to build an affidavit clause by clause. Recommended for first-time deponents and complex matters.
- [Improve an existing draft](https://help.rytz.com.au/affidavits/improve-an-existing-draft.md): Upload or paste an affidavit you've already started. The platform runs a multi-aspect AI audit — coherent theory, priority findings, paragraph-by-paragraph analysis, annexure opportunities, concession advisories, missing evidence, disclosure check.
- [Interactive editor](https://help.rytz.com.au/affidavits/interactive-editor.md): Real-time editor with paragraph-level AI suggestions, admissibility flags, and inline rewrite proposals. Once you have a draft, this is where you refine it line by line.
- [Prepare an affidavit — overview](https://help.rytz.com.au/affidavits/overview.md): RYTZ's affidavit toolkit. Three paths in (improve a draft, start fresh, respond to the other party), an interactive paragraph-level editor, and the legal framework behind every line.
- [Respond to the other party](https://help.rytz.com.au/affidavits/respond-to-the-other-party.md): Their affidavit is filed. You need to answer. The platform reads their affidavit, identifies what you must respond to (and what you should leave alone), and structures your response.
- [Asking good questions](https://help.rytz.com.au/ai/asking-good-questions.md): How to phrase questions to the AI assistant to get the most useful, accurate answers.
- [Conversation history](https://help.rytz.com.au/ai/conversation-history.md): Every conversation you've had with the AI assistant is saved, searchable, and continuable. The full history at /conversations becomes a working memory for the matter.
- [File upload](https://help.rytz.com.au/ai/file-upload.md): Upload documents — court orders, the other party's affidavits, expert reports, financial statements — for the AI assistant to read and reason about. Supports PDF, DOCX, photos, and more.
- [How the AI assistant works](https://help.rytz.com.au/ai/how-the-chat-works.md): What the chat is grounded in, how it produces answers, and what its limits are.
- [Limits and safety](https://help.rytz.com.au/ai/limits-and-safety.md): What the AI assistant will not do, how to recognise when to engage a solicitor, the family-violence safety overlay, and the platform's policy on legal-advice boundaries.
- [AI assistant — overview](https://help.rytz.com.au/ai/overview.md): RYTZ's conversational AI legal assistant — Claude Opus, grounded in Australian family-law, matter-aware, with file upload, working brief, and a 5-message free quota before premium kicks in.
- [Working brief](https://help.rytz.com.au/ai/working-brief.md): A focused-drafting toggle (⌘B / Ctrl+B) that scopes the AI assistant to a specific task — drafting a particular paragraph, refining a specific clause, preparing for a specific cross-examination point.
- [FCFCOA stages — full detail](https://help.rytz.com.au/case-roadmap/fcfcoa-stages.md): Each stage of the Federal Circuit and Family Court process walked through — procedure, expected timeline, what to prepare, and where the platform supports you.
- [FCFCOA process — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia walkthrough](https://help.rytz.com.au/case-roadmap/overview.md): Walkthrough of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (FCFCOA) process — from pre-action through final hearing. Stage-by-stage timeline, what to prepare, and the FLA + Family Law Rules 2021 framework underneath.
- [Case Planner](https://help.rytz.com.au/court-process/case-planner.md): RYTZ's calendar view of court dates, deadlines, and milestones — synced to your Master Case File so it knows your matter type, jurisdiction, and stage. The diary you'd otherwise build by hand.
- [Case Timeline](https://help.rytz.com.au/court-process/case-timeline.md): Chronological history of every event in your matter — what happened, when, and the supporting evidence. Distinct from the Case Planner's forward-looking calendar.
- [Hearing Prep](https://help.rytz.com.au/court-process/hearing-prep.md): Moot court simulation, cross-examination preparation, evidence-rules refresher, and procedural guides — RYTZ's preparation toolkit for court events. From first court event to final hearing.
- [Non-Compliance Playbook](https://help.rytz.com.au/court-process/non-compliance-playbook.md): When existing parenting or property orders aren't being followed — the platform's tactical guide. Escalation framework, evidence collection, filing pathways, and what each step costs in time, money, and relationship.
- [Strategic Planning](https://help.rytz.com.au/court-process/strategic-planning.md): RYTZ's high-level case-strategy worksheet. Step back from the day-to-day grind, look at the matter end-to-end, and decide the moves that frame the next 30/60/90 days.
- [Bundles for court](https://help.rytz.com.au/evidence/bundles-for-court.md): Curate a subset of evidence for a specific filing or hearing — affidavit annexures, FDR disclosure bundles, court-book exhibits — properly paginated, indexed, and labelled.
- [Court Readiness Matrix](https://help.rytz.com.au/evidence/court-readiness-matrix.md): A three-tier dashboard showing how prepared your evidence is for each stage of the court process. Stage by stage, it tells you what's covered and what's missing.
- [Evidence Portfolio — overview](https://help.rytz.com.au/evidence/overview.md): Your secure digital vault for every piece of evidence in your matter. Photos, messages, documents, audio, calendar events — organised, searchable, and ready when the court asks for it.
- [Stage Review](https://help.rytz.com.au/evidence/stage-review.md): One-card-at-a-time review of AI proposals about which stage of the court process each piece of evidence is most relevant to. Keyboard-driven triage.
- [Uploading and organising](https://help.rytz.com.au/evidence/uploading-and-organising.md): Day-to-day flow for capturing evidence in the Portfolio — what to capture, how to tag it so you find it later, and what metadata matters most for court use.
- [Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) — explained in five minutes](https://help.rytz.com.au/family-law/family-law-act-in-five-minutes.md): The Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) explained without jargon. The structure of Australian family law, the 6 May 2024 parenting amendments, the 10 June 2025 property amendments, and the four sections every self-rep should know.
- [Glossary](https://help.rytz.com.au/family-law/glossary.md): Every acronym + term you'll encounter on RYTZ and in Australian family-law proceedings, defined plainly.
- [Key Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) sections — s60CA, s60CC, s60I, s63C, s65DAAA, s79, s90SM](https://help.rytz.com.au/family-law/key-statutes.md): The 12 most-cited sections of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth): s60CA, s60CC (post-2024), s60CG, s60I, s61DA (repealed), s63C, s64B, s65DAAA, s79 (post-2025), s90SM, s44, s4AA. Plain English + post-2024/2025 amendment context.
- [Landmark Australian family-law cases — Stanford, Mallet, Rice v Asplund, M v M](https://help.rytz.com.au/family-law/landmark-cases.md): The case-law line that frames every Australian family-law decision. Stanford v Stanford [2012] HCA 52, Mallet v Mallet (1984) 156 CLR 605, Rice v Asplund (1979) FLC 90-725, M v M [1988] HCA 68, Pierce, Polonius, Bonnici, Kowaliw, Singerson, Kennon, Goldsmith — explained in plain English.
- [Frequently asked — Australian family law FAQ](https://help.rytz.com.au/faq/frequently-asked.md): Common questions about Australian family law: parenting plans, property settlement, FDR, s60I certificates, divorce, child support, the post-2024 and post-2025 amendments. Plain English answers grounded in primary sources.
- [Forms library — overview](https://help.rytz.com.au/forms/overview.md): Every Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia form RYTZ supports — interactive desktop builders, educational overview pages, and the legal framework behind each form.
- [The three tiers](https://help.rytz.com.au/forms/the-three-tiers.md): Every form in the Forms Library, organised by maturity tier — Gold Standard interactive builder, 85% complete, or educational overview only. Knowing which tier a form sits in tells you what level of help to expect.
- [Setting up your case file](https://help.rytz.com.au/getting-started/setting-up-your-case-file.md): 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.
- [Signing in](https://help.rytz.com.au/getting-started/signing-in.md): How to access RYTZ — email + password, magic link, OAuth (Google, Microsoft), password reset, what happens after sign-in. The very first moments on the platform.
- [The dashboard](https://help.rytz.com.au/getting-started/the-dashboard.md): Your home screen after signing in — the AI Intelligence Centre that synthesises your matter's most-relevant cases, sections, briefings, and next actions in one place. Most-trafficked surface on the platform.
- [Welcome — start here](https://help.rytz.com.au/getting-started/welcome.md): A 10-minute orientation to RYTZ. What it is, who it's for, and what you can do in your first hour.
- [Who RYTZ is for](https://help.rytz.com.au/getting-started/who-this-is-for.md): RYTZ is built for self-represented and partly-represented parents in Australian family-law matters. A clearer picture of where the platform fits — and where you should engage a lawyer first.
- [Your first hour on RYTZ](https://help.rytz.com.au/getting-started/your-first-hour.md): A 60-minute walkthrough that gets you to a meaningful first draft. Step-by-step, with what to do at each stage and what to defer to later sessions.
- [Welcome to RYTZ](https://help.rytz.com.au/introduction.md): Australia's family-law platform for self-representing parents. Court-grade documents, structured workflows, and the legal information you need — built to the standard a $700-an-hour solicitor would deliver.
- [Education Portal](https://help.rytz.com.au/learn/education-portal.md): RYTZ's comprehensive Australian family-law education database — searchable by section, case type, and urgency. Plain English, practical implications, strategic context. Free for every user.
- [Free family law legal help in Australia — Legal Aid, CLCs, Justice Connect](https://help.rytz.com.au/learn/free-legal-help.md): Free or low-cost family-law advice across Australia: Legal Aid commissions (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, NT, ACT), Community Legal Centres, Justice Connect, Women's Legal Services, Aboriginal Legal Services. State-by-state phone numbers + websites.
- [Legal Aid Australia eligibility — means test, merits test, priority categories](https://help.rytz.com.au/learn/legal-aid-eligibility.md): Free eligibility estimator for Legal Aid in Australia for family-law matters. Walk the means test, merits test, and priority categories before you apply. Per state: Legal Aid NSW, Victoria Legal Aid, Legal Aid Queensland, WA, SA, TAS, NT, ACT.
- [Legal Research Library](https://help.rytz.com.au/learn/legal-research-library.md): RYTZ's primary-source research surface — 2,389+ Gold Standard legal vectors covering Australian family-law cases and statutes, with intelligent search, filtering, and per-case detail pages. Free for every user.
- [My Research](https://help.rytz.com.au/learn/my-research.md): Your personal annotated library of cases, sections, and Education Portal entries you've saved — a private subset of the Legal Research Library scoped to the authority that matters to your matter.
- [Master Case File — overview](https://help.rytz.com.au/master-case-file/overview.md): The AI-generated comprehensive case document at the heart of every RYTZ matter. Auto-grows over time. One place to point a lawyer, a barrister, or your future self when you need the whole picture in one document.
- [Refresh and export](https://help.rytz.com.au/master-case-file/refresh-and-export.md): Keep the Master Case File current with one-click refresh, and export the right format for the right audience — full PDF for archive, lawyer brief for first consultations, sectional exports for specific contexts.
- [What it shows](https://help.rytz.com.au/master-case-file/what-it-shows.md): The six sections of the Master Case File in detail — what's in each, how the platform synthesises it, and what to look for when you read it.
- [Best-interests analysis](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/best-interests-analysis.md): How RYTZ maps your parenting plan against the post-2024 s60CC framework — six general considerations, plus s60CC(2A) family-violence-history, plus the standalone Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural-connection consideration.
- [Drafting your first plan](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/drafting-your-first-plan.md): A guided 30-minute walkthrough for your first session in the Parenting Planner. Specific actions, in order, with what to look for at each step.
- [Exporting and next steps](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/exporting-and-next-steps.md): How the three export formats work — PDF, DOCX, Markdown — and what to do with the document once it's drafted.
- [Australian parenting plan — RYTZ Parenting Planner overview](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/overview.md): Draft a court-grade Australian parenting plan under section 63C of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). 11 clauses, post-2024 amendments, AI strategic briefing, PDF/DOCX export. Built for self-representing parents.
- [Parenting calendar](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/parenting-calendar.md): Visualise your routine schedule, school holidays, special occasions, and one-off variations as a calendar — see at a glance who has the children when, across weeks, months, or the whole year.
- [Plan readiness — the three tiers](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/plan-readiness.md): How RYTZ scores your parenting plan against three quality tiers — Quick draft, Solicitor-review-ready, Filing-ready — and how the readiness ribbon helps you close the gaps.
- [Rice v Asplund + section 65DAAA — varying final parenting orders](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/rice-v-asplund-readiness.md): Rice v Asplund (1979) FLC 90-725 codified into s65DAAA from 6 May 2024 — the 'significant change in circumstances' threshold for varying final parenting orders. How RYTZ scores your plan's readiness for future variation.
- [Section 63C parenting plan — explained](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/section-63c-explained.md): Section 63C of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) explained: what a parenting plan is, what weight the court gives it, how it differs from Consent Orders, and the post-2024 amendments. Plain English, citation-grounded.
- [Strategic briefing — Beyond the Plan](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/strategic-briefing.md): The Parenting Planner's strategic synthesis layer. Reads your draft, the platform's case-law corpus, and the s60CC framework — and tells you where your plan is strong, where it's weak, and what a senior family-law solicitor would say.
- [The eleven clauses](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/the-eleven-clauses.md): A walkthrough of each clause in the RYTZ parenting plan — what it's for, the legal framework behind it, and what to focus on when drafting.
- [Week-pattern builder](https://help.rytz.com.au/parenting-planner/week-pattern-builder.md): A structured tool for designing a weekly routine schedule — every day of the week, every time block, who has the children, what the changeover looks like. The detailed cousin to clause 2 of the parenting plan.
- [AI smart suggestions](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/ai-smart-suggestions.md): AI-powered analytical layer across the Settlement Planner. Reasons about your asset pool, contributions, future needs, and proposed split — and surfaces what a senior family-law solicitor would think.
- [Step 1 — Asset pool](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/asset-pool.md): Identify what's in the property pool — assets, liabilities, financial resources. The foundation step of every property settlement under the post-10-June-2025 codified four-step framework.
- [Step 2 — Contributions](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/contributions.md): Assess what each party contributed to the relationship across financial, non-financial, parental, and homemaker categories. The case-law line — Mallet, Pierce, Polonius, Kennon — and the post-10-June-2025 codification of the framework.
- [De facto pathway](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/de-facto-pathway.md): Property settlement under s90SM for de facto couples — the threshold question (was the relationship de facto?), the 24-month limitation period, the practical differences from s79 married-couple matters.
- [Document import wizard](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/document-import-wizard.md): Auto-populate the Settlement Planner from imported financial documents — bank statements, super statements, tax returns, valuations. The platform reads, extracts, and structures into the four-step framework.
- [Step 3 — Future needs](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/future-needs.md): Adjust the contributions split for future needs. The s75(2) factors — age, health, income capacity, care of children, length of relationship — and how the post-2025 framework treats family violence as an express future-needs consideration.
- [Step 4 — Just and equitable](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/just-and-equitable.md): The threshold question from Stanford v Stanford — is it just and equitable for the court to alter property interests at all? — plus the final fairness check on the proposed split. The Comprehensive Fairness Analyser at work.
- [Limitation periods](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/limitation-periods.md): The deadlines that shape every property settlement — 12 months from divorce for married parties (s44(3)), 24 months from separation for de facto parties (s44(5)). Miss them and you need leave of the court to apply.
- [Offers and negotiation](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/offers-and-negotiation.md): The Settlement Planner's offers tracker — log every offer made and received, compare each to the analysed position, build the without-prejudice trail that supports your reasonableness in costs arguments.
- [Property settlement Australia — RYTZ Settlement Planner](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/overview.md): Australian property settlement workspace under section 79 (married) and s90SM (de facto) of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). Asset pool, contributions, future needs, AI fairness analysis. Post-10 June 2025 amendments built in throughout.
- [Section 79 Family Law Act — the four-step property settlement framework](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/section-79-framework.md): Section 79 of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) — the codified four-step property settlement framework (post-10 June 2025): asset pool, contributions, future needs, just-and-equitable. Stanford, Mallet, Pierce — the case-law line in plain English.
- [Superannuation splitting](https://help.rytz.com.au/settlement-planner/superannuation-splitting.md): Super is property. The Settlement Planner handles super-splitting orders — what's involved, valuation methods (accumulation vs defined-benefit vs SMSF), the procedural steps, and where specialist input pays off.