Child support and alimony, computed exactly the way the guidelines say — with the arithmetic visible on every line, printed worksheets that reproduce their own math, and updates the day the law changes. No platform required: this is a complete product on its own.
Each jurisdiction's guideline schedule is lifted row-for-row from the code — never approximated with a formula. The engine that reads it is pure, extracted, and locked by a statutory test suite: worked examples from the guidelines, edge cases at the bands, and a parity case that reproduces the printed arithmetic to the dollar. When a test fails, we don't ship.
Primary and shared custody, side by side — with the details that decide real cases handled correctly: the graduated adjustment bands just past the shared-custody threshold, the cap that keeps a shared-custody order from exceeding the primary-custody amount, direct-pay credits for health insurance and childcare, pre-existing support, and the newest multifamily adjustments.
Above the guideline cap? Aequitas flags it and shows the extrapolation, so the discretionary conversation starts from a defensible floor.
The top-down framework builds from the recipient's budget: needs, less resources, capped by the payor's capacity. The bottom-up benchmarks give you the percentage rules of thumb and duration heuristics the other side will bring. Aequitas computes both, shows where they land relative to each other, and flags the disparity arguments that support indefinite awards.
Worksheets follow the official court-form layouts, with the children's names and the case caption where the court wants them. One click prints to PDF; another exports an editable Word document with tables, borders and widths intact — so the memo you send opposing counsel is the memo you actually formatted.
Behind every document: matters with autosave, named scenario snapshots, and an audit trail of every change since intake.