Divorce should not require a $5,000 retainer to understand.

About 800,000 marriages end in divorce in the United States every year. Most of those people walk into it terrified, confused, and one or two Google searches deep into a system that was never built for them to navigate alone.

The status quo is two extreme options. Option A is hire an attorney for $4,000 to $20,000+ in retainers to fill out forms a competent person could fill out in an evening. Option B is download blank PDFs from the county website, get them rejected at the clerk window for a missed checkbox, and start over.

We think there's an option C. An AI that has read every California family law statute, every Judicial Council form instruction, and hundreds of real cases — and that texts back at 11 p.m. when you're stuck. Not to replace your attorney when you need one. To replace the part of an attorney that should never have cost $400 an hour in the first place.

We believe ending a marriage is one of the hardest things a person does. The administrative burden of it should not be the worst part. Amie's job is to take the paperwork, the timelines, and the at-3-a.m. “is this normal?” questions off your plate, so you can focus on the life you're building next.

We are very small. We are trying to do this carefully. Thank you for being here.