For self-represented and partially-represented parties in Australian family law. Built so you can act steadily, not anxiously, on your own time.
Your case as a structured thing, not a folder of PDFs. An AI companion that knows AU family law. A real lawyer when you need one. Quiet support for the late nights.
Documents, letters, parties, deadlines and events on one private timeline. Everything in one place, encrypted, only ever yours.
Answers questions about your matter. Reads every letter twice. Drafts your replies with two lenses. Holds every reply for twelve hours.
Book a thirty or sixty-minute video consultation with an Australian family lawyer. Single session, transparent fixed price.
An AI companion for the 11pm letters. Vetted family-trained therapists when you need a person. Crisis lines surfaced when it matters.
Reading, drafting, two-lens review, the 12-hour hold. The first response when something lands in the inbox.
Thirty minutes with a family-law solicitor. The AI sends your matter brief beforehand, so the time is spent on you, not on getting up to speed.
An AI companion that listens without judgement, or a vetted family-trained therapist when you need a person. Crisis lines surfaced when it matters.
Drag in the letter. Drop in the order. Forward the email from your ex's solicitor. Steady extracts the parties, the dates, the deadlines, and arranges everything on a private timeline you can actually use.
Letters, emails, court orders, financial documents, photos, voice notes. Everything stored in one place, encrypted at rest, and arranged by date so you can finally see the shape of your matter.
End-to-end encryption at rest. Australian-resident storage. Your matter is never used to train AI models, never sold, never shared. You can export everything as a single archive at any time, and you can permanently delete the entire matter with one confirmation.
Not a chatbot. A careful assistant with three roles: answering questions about your matter, making sense of letters that arrive, and writing replies that don't make things worse. Grounded in Australian family law, never used to train models.
Family-law correspondence is read twice by professionals. Steady makes that explicit, and gives you the final say on every change.
The most regretted letters in family law are written at 11pm and sent at 11:01pm. Steady introduces a deliberate, non-negotiable pause between finishing a draft and being able to copy it. Twelve hours. Long enough to sleep on it.
When you need a real opinion from a real Australian family lawyer. Single session, fixed price, your matter pre-briefed before the call.
Filter by jurisdiction, specialty, language and availability.
Steady drafts a one-page brief from your matter. You review and approve before it leaves your account.
Video, in-app, recorded with consent. A written summary lands in your matter afterwards.
Single session, no retainer, no costs agreement. Fixed price shown before booking. Steady Chapter is not a law firm; your engagement is directly with the lawyer.
Family law is lonely in a particular way. Steady doesn't ask you to post in a forum or join a peer group. It gives you three quiet doors: an AI companion that listens, a real therapist when you need a person, and the right crisis line at the right moment.
A quiet space to talk through how a letter is making you feel, not what to write back. Trained to listen, escalate when needed, and refuse to play therapist. Always available. Always private.
Verified Australian therapists and accredited social workers experienced in separation, family law and high-conflict matters. Single session, transparent fixed price. The same booking flow as our lawyers.
Lifeline, 1800RESPECT and Beyond Blue, surfaced at the moment a draft, letter or message contains crisis signals. Drafting pauses. The right number for the right moment is always one tap away.
"It told me their deadline wasn't the court's. That changed everything. The lawyer call confirmed it. The companion made the week survivable."
The three pillars are not separate apps. They are different ways of reaching for the same matter, from the same private place.
Plain-English summary, what's procedural pressure vs. real deadline, the parts that need a real lawyer. You stop spiralling.
It listens. It doesn't try to fix. It tells you what is in your control tonight (sleep) and what is not (Friday). You sleep.
Steady catches "I trust this is acceptable" — the kind of phrase that reads weak. You don't send. The hold runs until 8pm.
She tells you the deadline is theirs, not the court's, confirms the s79 framing, flags one phrase to soften. A$160. No retainer.
You send from your own email, in your own time. The reply is shorter than the one you wrote at 11pm Tuesday.
You don't talk about the letter. You talk about what next week looks like, what you'd like to feel, what you'd like to stop carrying. By Monday you have your week back.
Quiet typography, warm paper backgrounds, no notifications, no urgency. Family law is loud enough already.
The matter timeline, AI companion, lawyer, and support all reach into the same private case. You never re-explain yourself.
The 12-hour cooling-off is load-bearing. Same-week, never same-minute. The pause is the product.
Steady drafts, books, connects, and holds. Sending stays in your hands. Always.
Family-law context is the most sensitive material a person carries. Steady is designed accordingly — and that bar is higher again when a lawyer or a peer is in the room.
All correspondence, drafts, briefs, and companion conversations are encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest (AES-256).
Your matter is never used to train AI models. Ever. This is a contractual obligation with our model providers, not a marketing line.
The brief sent to a booked lawyer is auto-deleted from their access twenty-four hours after the call. The recording and summary stay in your matter.
Every clinician is verified to current AHPRA, AASW or PACFA registration before listing. Family-law-experienced practice only. Steady is not a clinical service and the AI companion has hard limits.
Steady does not connect to your email and cannot send messages on your behalf. Every reply is copied by you, sent by you.
If you don't see your question, write to us. We answer everything.
The AI companion is not legal advice. Steady Chapter itself is not a law firm.
The lawyers you book through the platform do give legal advice — they are admitted Australian solicitors and your engagement is directly with them under their professional obligations. Steady Chapter is the booking layer; we are not your lawyer's employer.
You browse verified Australian family-law solicitors by jurisdiction, specialty, language, and price. You book a fixed-length, fixed-price video consultation. There is no retainer, no costs agreement, no hourly billing.
Before the call, the AI prepares a one-page brief from your matter. You review and approve before it leaves your account. The lawyer arrives prepared. Afterwards a written summary lands in your matter.
Pricing is set by the lawyer and shown in advance. Steady takes a small platform fee from the lawyer's side, never from yours.
The platform is free during private early access. After that, the structure is simple:
Lawyer sessions: A$220–$420 for thirty minutes, A$380–$650 for sixty. Therapist sessions from A$140 per session.
Three layers, no peer forum, no public chat.
The AI companion. A quiet space to talk through how a letter or moment is making you feel. It is trained to listen, refuse to play therapist, and escalate when crisis signals appear. It will never pretend to be a clinician.
Therapists. Verified Australian therapists and accredited social workers experienced in separation and high-conflict family law. Pay-per-session video, async messaging or phone, transparent fixed price.
Crisis lines, surfaced. Lifeline, 1800RESPECT and Beyond Blue are one tap away on every screen. If a draft, letter or message contains a crisis signal, Steady pauses drafting and surfaces the right number for the moment.
Lawyers see only the brief you approve, plus any documents you attach. Their access expires 24 hours after the call.
Therapists see only what you choose to share at the start of a session. They never see your matter timeline, drafts, or AI conversations unless you explicitly share them.
Your matter is yours. You can audit, export, or revoke access at any time. Steady never uses your matter to train AI models.
Once you finish a draft, Steady holds it for twelve hours before allowing you to copy or send it. You can read and edit during the hold.
The hold cannot be turned off as a default. If a real, externally-imposed deadline is under twelve hours, Steady acknowledges that and lets you proceed with full transparency about what is being skipped. The pause is a load-bearing feature, not a setting.
If you are in immediate danger, call 000.
For confidential domestic and family violence support, 1800RESPECT is on 1800 737 732, available 24 hours a day. For mental-health support, Lifeline is on 13 11 14.
Steady surfaces these numbers prominently and pauses any drafting work, and any active companion conversation, if a safety risk is detected.
Yes. Steady is built specifically for Australian family law — the FCFCOA, the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), Australian-admitted solicitors, and Australian state-based legal aid pathways. We do not currently support other jurisdictions.
Steady Chapter is in private early-access. Join the waitlist and we'll be in touch before we open broader access, including invitations to book a lawyer or therapist.
